Waffle-Iron Cookies

Name: Waffle-Iron Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 32 cookies (8 batches).
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; Confectioners' sugar

The recipe for these cookies is the easiest to find in my book because it's a beautiful mess. It's covered with fingerprints, flour smudges and memories of more than 30 Christmases! I made these with my daughters, and now I make them with my granddaughters. —Judy Taylor, Quarryville, Pennsylvania

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture (mixture will be thick).
Drop dough in batches by tablespoonfuls 3-4 in. apart onto a greased preheated waffle iron. Bake until dark brown, 2-3 minutes.
Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 76 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 79mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Originally published as Waffle Drops in Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook 2016

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JMartinelli13

Dec 13, 2018

My iron is a Belgian model, the cookies took a bit longer but were still delicious. I drizzled them with a powdered sugar glazed and topped them with some sprinkles.
txzookeeper

Dec 19, 2017

These taste really good but make sure you really grease your waffle iron because it makes a huge mess if you don't. I've never had to grease mine so I didn't with the first batch and it took quite awhile to clean up the mess. I had to clean it before a second batch or all the little leftover pieces would have burned and ruined the cookies. I sprayed it between each batch.I first made them in a belgian waffle iron and they were more like pieces of waffle--soft. They still tasted good but we wanted them to be crisper so I got out my five heart waffle iron and we made thin hearts with it. Those got crispy as they cooled. 2-2 1/2 minutes worked with my waffle iron. Any longer and they were too dark and had a slight burned taste.