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Ingredients

  • 5 eggs
  • 2 1/4 c packed brown sugar (or 1 3/4 c sugar and 1/4 c honey)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 c candied fruit (orange, lemon, plum) tossed with 1/4 c flour and minced in food processor, or very finely chopped
  • 4 c almond flour (or 2 c almond, 2 cup other nut flour)
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 tsp spice mix (recipe in notes)
  • communion wafers or backoblaten (don't steal these from a church, that would be really bad, just order on amazon or from a german grocery store)
  • glaze (1 c sugar to 1 tbs lemon juice and add in 1 tbs water as needed to thin) or chocolate (melt 3 oz chocolate with 1 tbs vegetable oil in microwave)

Instructions

  • heat oven to 325, set out your wafers on a parchment lined baking sheet, spaced about 1''
  • in a standing mixer bowl, beat eggs until foamy, add sugar (and honey if using), vanilla
  • beat in the rest of the ingredients except the wafers
  • place about 3 tbs of batter over each wafer, smoothing to the edge of the wafer
  • bake for at least 30 minutes, they should get a darker color and not look wet when done, it might take 40 mintues
  • let cool on cookie rack, then dip in glaze of choice

Notes

spice mix:
2 1/2 tbs cinnamon
2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp coriander
1/2 tsp cardamom
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp star anise
1/4 tsp mace
1/4 nutmeg
combine- can be used in any spicy baking application, or even in a tagine with chicken and rice.