Made from only 6 ingredients, these easy lace cookies are ready in 30 minutes and they taste
What are Nutlace Wafers?
Lace cookies are very thin and crunchy cookies made from butter, sugar, salt, and other ingredients. The other ingredients vary depending on the recipe. Some recipes use oats and flour, other lace cookie recipes use nuts. Lace cookies get their name from their delicate and see-through appearance. My mom always used to make these– they’re a beautiful cookie!
How to Make Nutlace Wafers?
In an effort to keep these gluten free AND to add elevated flavor, my lace cookie recipe uses almond flour. In addition to almond flour, you’ll also need: butter, brown sugar, salt, milk or corn syrup, and vanilla extract. That’s it!
The cookie dough is prepared on the stove. And I use the term “cookie dough” loosely as this is more like a cake batter. All the ingredients, except for the vanilla extract (stirred in later), are cooked for a few minutes in a saucepan before spooning onto the baking sheet. This cooking stage melts the ingredients together, while baking in the oven will create caramelized sugar and brown butter flavors.
The cookie dough is prepared on the stove. And I use the term “cookie dough” loosely as this is more like a cake batter. All the ingredients, except for the vanilla extract (stirred in later), are cooked for a few minutes in a saucepan before spooning onto the baking sheet. This cooking stage melts the ingredients together, while baking in the oven will create caramelized sugar and brown butter flavors.
- No chilling the cookie dough. But let it rest for about 5 minutes. The cookie dough will slightly thicken, making spooning onto the baking sheets easier.
- Only 1 scant teaspoon of cookie dough per cookie. Because they’ll spread!
- Short baking time – only 8 minutes. The cookies won’t spread out at first, but around the 4 minute mark, they’ll begin their spreading journey! Listen to the butter sizzling around the edges. I love these unique cookies!
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Extra Sweetness:
Apply Nutella or melted chocolate and prepare for the cookie sandwich. Can you truly think of a better flavor combination than butter, caramelized sugar, vanilla, almond, and chocolate?! Nutella can get a little messy, so if you’re gifting or traveling with the lace cookies– I suggest melted chocolate. Unlike Nutella, melted chocolate will set. I have instructions for chocolate in the recipe notes below.- Course: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Servings: 13-14 Wafers
INGREDIENTS:
MAKES 18- 65g/2½oz/½ cup whole blanched almond
- 50g/2oz/¼ cup butter
- 40g/1½oz/⅓ cup plain (all-purpose) flour
- 90g/3½oz/½ cup caster (superfine) sugar
- 30ml/2 tablespoon double (heavy) cream
- 2.5ml/½ tablespoon vanilla extract.
STEPS:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F. Grease one or two baking sheets.
- With a sharp knife, chop the almonds as finely as possible., Alternatively use a food processor, blender, or coffee grinder to chop the nuts very finely.
- Melt the butter in a pan over low heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining ingredients and the almonds.
- Drop teaspoonfuls 6cm apart on the prepared sheets. Bake until golden, about 5 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly, just until the wafers are stiff enough to remove.
- With a palette knife (metal spatula), transfer to a rack to cool completely.
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VARIATION
Add 50g finely chopped orange peel to the mixture.