Recipe: Honey Wafers 1927

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From: Nancy,.SanFran

Honey Wafers 1927
Recipe By : Good Housekeeping October 1927
Yield : 35

1/2 cup honey
grated rind of lemon
1/2 cup Crisco
1 egg white
2 cups pastry flour
12 almonds -- chopped fine
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups pastry flour
1 egg yolk
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream Crisco and sugar. Add egg and yolk, then honey & lemon rind. Stir in flour, salt & baking powder sifted together. Drop. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in flour then brush with egg white slightly beaten & mixed with the almonds. Bake about 15 minutes.

All measurements level. All these cookies baked in a moderate oven 350 degrees. About 2" space should be allowed on each pan for cookies to spread. Let cookies stand in pan a minute before removing on board to cool. Do not pile or put in jars until quite cold.