Lacy Wafers
- 12 cup light corn syrup
- 12 cup vegetable shortening
- 12 cup firmly-packed brown sugar
- 1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
- 1 cup finely-chopped pecans
- 1 ounce semisweet chocolate
- assorted colored sprinkles
- Combine syrup, shortening, and sugar in a saucepan.
- Stir constantly over moderate heat until mixture just starts to boil.
- Remove from heat and stir in four and nuts.
- Drop mixture by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets.
- Bake only four to six cookies at a time.
- Allow two inches between cookies as they spread during baking.
- Bake at 375 F until edges of cookies are lightly browned (approximately 5 minutes).
- Remove from oven and cool 30 seconds.
- While cookie is still hot, roll up in a cigar shape.
- If cookies become too hard to roll, place them back in oven until soft.
- When cookies are completely cool, dip ends into melted chocolate and then sprinkles.
- Let stand until cool.
- Store in airtight container with a lid.
- They keep for several weeks.
light corn syrup, vegetable shortening, brown sugar, flour, pecans, chocolate, colored sprinkles
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lacy-wafers-48665 (may not work)