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| | Alice Ross Cooking Classes |
 | | The handsome decorations of wafer irons were, of course, meant to embellish handsome wafers—incredibly thin, buttery, delicate, and crispy cookies. |
 | | The cook works at the fireside or stove top, hoisting the heavy iron in and out of the heat, catching the cookie at just the right time, and flipping it deftly, while still hot, from the iron. |
 | | Although the timing is critical and the cooks must move fast, they find their own rhythms, batter texture, and best temperatures fairly easily, just as a pancake cook begins by adjusting the batter thickness and pan temperature. |
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