Old Fashioned Cream Wafer Cookie Recipe - Tiny Vintage Kitchen (2024)

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What is the history of cream wafers? ›

Wafers' origin dates to the 9th century Western Europe where the first waffle tong or waffle iron was discovered. The term wafer was first included in Middle English by 1377. In the 1890s, Josef Manner manufactured the first hazelnut cream-filled wafer sandwich.

Cookies appear to have their origins in 7th century AD Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region. They spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain. By the 14th century, they were common in all levels of society throughout Europe, from royal cuisine to street vendors.

Originally marketed as Nabisco Vanilla Wafers, the product's name was changed in 1967 to the abbreviated form, Nilla Wafer.

Nabisco Old Fashioned Chocolate Wafers have been a staple in our homes for generations. They are a key ingredient in scores of desserts. Unfortunately, Nabisco has "removed them from the product line to make room for new innovations." How is there not "room" for this beloved and much used cookie in their product line?

Pizzelles are the oldest known cookie and originated in the mid-section of Italy. They were made many years ago for the “Festival of the Snakes” also known as the “Feast Day of San Domenico”.

The first American cookies that showed up in cook books had creative names like Jumbles, Plunkets and Cry Babies which gave no clue to what was inside the cookie. As the expansion of technology grew in the United States, new ingredients started to show up in cookie recipes.

Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr.

He is the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate-chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and he was the host of the adult reading program, Learn to Read. Wallace Amos Jr.

The ancient Greeks cooked flat cakes, called obelios, between hot metal plates. As they spread throughout medieval Europe, the cakes – made from a mixture of flour, water or milk, and sometimes eggs – became known as wafers and were also cooked over an open fire between iron plates with long handles.

The savoury biscuit squares with the rounded corners were invented in 1885 in Ireland and made at the Jacob's factory. The Tallaght factory was closed in 2008, but the name carries on, thanks to international giant Valeo Foods. Over the years, the packaging and ingredients have changed little.

The filling has a vanilla flavour and as such is more akin to the taste of custard made with custard powder than egg custard. It is believed that the custard cream biscuit originated in Britain in 1908.

What was the first cream cookie? ›

But the long, strange history of the first creme-filled sandwich cookie wasn't over. Ellia Kassoff's Leaf Brands brought Hydrox cookies back to snack aisles in 2015, with the original name and formulation. Simply by surviving as a product since 1908, Hydrox cookies have become an enduring success story.