French and Belgian cookies are made with a special galette iron, or if you don’t have one, a pizzelle or krumkake iron will do. (see notes*) These are also variously known as “French Cookies”, “Galettes campinoises” or just “waffle cookies”.
Ingredients
1 lb butter, melted
6 large eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla or rum flavoring
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 cups flour
Directions
- Sift flour and baking powder and mix in rest of ingredients. Chill dough. Drop spoonfuls on a pre-heated iron. Hold over hot stove and bake on each side for 2-1/2 to 3 minutes.
Notes
- *These cookies are made with a special galette iron. If you don’t have one, try a pizzelle iron (this will make a thinner, crispier cookie than traditional galettes). One reader tells us that even a waffle iron works fine (cookies will be thicker and softer with a regular waffle iron).
- *You can find electric galette irons at Amazon.com. They have three different kinds: thin
(for thin and crispy cookies), medium
, and thick
(for thicker cookies with a soft middle). You can also occasionally find traditional galette irons in used or vintage condition on eBay or Etsy.
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