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To make Wafers

To make Wafers is a traditional Elizabethan recipe for a classic dish of waffles or drop pancakes made from a flour, egg yolk, rosewater and cream batter that's fried to cook. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Elizabethan version of: To make Wafers.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

30 minutes

Total Time:

50 minutes

Additional Time:

(+30 minutes resting)

Serves:

6–8

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Vegetarian RecipesEgg RecipesMilk RecipesCake RecipesBritish Recipes

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Original Recipe



To make Wafers (from Sir Hugh Platt's Delightes of Ladies to adorne their Persons, Tables, Closets, and distillatories with Beauties, banquets,perfumes and waters. Reade, Practise, and Censure 1602)

56. To make Wafers

Take a pinte of flour, put it into a little creame with two yolkes of egges and a little roſevvater, vvith a little ſearced cinnamon and ſugar, vvorke the altogether and bake the paſte vppon hote Irons.


Modern Redaction



Though the name here says 'wafer' for which we tend to think flat fried or baked breads or cakes, the Elizabethan word 'wafer' actually derives from the Medieval waffres or waffle. So you can consider these more like thick drop pancakes.

Ingredients:

320g plain flour
2 egg yolks
2 tbsp rosewater
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp caster sugar
400ml (about) double cream

Method:

Sift together the flour, cinnamon and sugar into a bowl. Beat the egg yolks and rose water together then work into the flour mix. Now work in the cream until you have a thick batter of dropping consistency. Set aside to rest for 30 minutes before cooking.

You can either use a waffle iron to cook these or you can make them in a frying pan. Butter the pan, get it nice and hot and drop a ladle of the batter into the middle. Cook for about five minutes on a side then serve.

Find more Hugh Plat Recipes Hereand more Traditional Elizabethan Recipes Here.