Cook the Book: Sweet Lemon and Black Olive Wafers

Name: Cook the Book: Sweet Lemon and Black Olive Wafers
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 large egg, beaten; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 pinch Pinch of kosher salt; 2 Tbsps grated lemon zest; 118 milliliters mild oil-cured black olives, rinsed quickly if particularly salty, pitted and coarsely chopped; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 59 milliliters sugar, plus more for coating

If 21 cents per serving falls in your budget, Cook the Book: Sweet Lemon and Black Olive Wafers might be a tremendous dairy free and vegetarian recipe to try. This recipe serves 15. One portion of this dish contains roughly 2g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 101 calories. Head to the store and pick up kosher salt, cinnamon, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and crank the heat up to 375°F.

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Oven

Stir together the flour, olives, sugar, baking powder, zest, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl.

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Baking Powder

Cinnamon

Olives

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Whisk together the oil and egg, pour the mixture into the dry ingredients, and mix with your hands until the dough no longer looks dry and holds together when squeezed, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Dough

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Fill a small bowl with sugar and set nearby. Pinch off 1 tablespoon (about 1 ounce) of dough, roll it in a ball, and coat it with the sugar.

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Dough

Sugar

Roll

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Bowl

Place it in one corner of a sheet of parchment cut to fit your baking sheet, place another piece of parchment on top, and using a rolling pin, roll the ball into a 3 1/2-to-4-inch circle, scant 1/16 inch thick. The edges will be ragged; that's how they should be. Repeat with 5 more wafers on the same shape. Lift off the top sheet and slip the parchment with the cookies onto the baking sheet.

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Wafer Cookies

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Rolling Pin

Bake until the wafers are edged with brown and pebbled on top, 10 to 12 minutes. Slide the parchment onto a wire cooling rack. Repeat with the remaining dough. Once cooled, the wafers will keep in an airtight container for several days, but I doubt they'll stick around for that long.

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Wafer Cookies

Dough

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Wire Rack