Moravian Spice Cookie Wafers (United States)

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If you've never had Moravian Cookies from Salem, NC...these are them! I tried the recipe with 1/2 tsp. of white pepper, but I think 3/4 tsp. is closer to the real thing.

Great job, Food Network!

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Yes these cookies took a little time but they are a nice variety on the cookie tray. The cinnamon flavor is enhanced by the pepper.

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Forget the waxed paper, use a pastry cloth and sock for your rolling pin or spray parchment with veg oil cooking spray. Taste is excellent. I used a 2 1/2" fluted cutter and the flutes disappeared in baking. One thing that boggles my mind is baking a BROWN cookie so that it is lightly, evenly colored (BUT NOT BROWN.

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I love a good spicy cookie so was thrilled to see this recipe but what a PITA to make with all the rolling and freezing...and what if you don't have a freezer big enough to hold a cookie sheet? I dispensed with the freezing, rolled them out as thin as I could on a pastry board, slapped them on a cookie sheet (sans parchment and they were fine. They do taste better the thinner you make them, and I think they look more like a Christmas cookie in the 1" size.

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The problem I have with this particular recipe is that it includes an egg which I have never seen in any original Moravian cookie recipes. I grew up eating these, especially at Christmas, from many bakers in the Piedmont area of NC. A hint would be to use a covered rolling pin and a pastry cloth with some flour which imbeds in the fibers - makes it virtually nonstick.

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I thought the end result was great, but the prep work was tedious. Maybe I rolled mine too thin, but even after chilling as instructed, the paper stuck to the cookies.

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Easy to mix and filled the house with the spicy scents of the season. Rolled between parchment paper and chilled in freezer as directed. Instead of using a circle cutter, did not want to reroll the dough. Used a ravioli sealer/trimmer (looks like a mini pizza cutter with scalloped edge and made squares of about 2 inches. Cookies were crisp and perfect. Will be an addition to my cookie platter from now on. Thank you!

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These were delicious, very nice and crispy. Even though I followed directions exactly, the dough did stick to the wax paper a bit. There were wrinkles in the dough from the wax paper, and that made it a little hard to remove without tearing the very thin dough.

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I love spice cookies, but these were a total disappointment. The mix of spices was terrible and I was very unsatisfied.

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I've had a recipe like this and it was very good.