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Slice & Bake Orange Spice Wafers

Slice & Bake Orange Spice Wafers
These thin and crispy cookies stack well, making them a great gift to give. Ginger and orange complement the sweet and spicy flavor. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
192 ServingsPrep: 45 min. + chilling Bake: 5 min./batch

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • 1/4 teaspoon each ground allspice, cloves and nutmeg
  • Additional sugar, optional

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat
  • in egg and corn syrup. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger,
  • orange peel, allspice, cloves and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed
  • mixture and mix well.
  • Shape into four 6-in. rolls; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate
  • overnight.
  • Unwrap and cut into 1/8-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased
  • baking sheets. Sprinkle with additional sugar if desired.
  • Bake at 400° for 5-6 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to
© Taste of Home 2013

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Slice & Bake Orange Spice Wafers (continued)

Directions (continued)

  • wire racks to cool. Yield: 16 dozen.
Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie (calculated without addtional sugar) equals 23 calories, 1 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 21 mg sodium, 3 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.
© Taste of Home 2013