Austrian Christmas cookies

Wafer cookies with crunch

By Caroline Cummins

December 15, 2008

I have a friend whose family makes these Central European cookies every year at Christmastime. Because they’re fat-free, the cookies last for weeks in an airtight container and thus make great edible gifts.

If you’re expecting a chocolate-chip cookie, you’ll be surprised when you bite into a nutty, chewy cookie redolent of allspice; even odder, some find, is the edible Communion-style wafer the cookie is baked on (the wafer helps keep the bottom of the cookie from sticking and burning).