Wafer
A very thin, light, crisp baked biscuit, often layered with cream filling or rolled into cones.
- Cakes, cookies, pastries and baked goods
Also called: lehikäinen
Wafers are made from a thin batter baked between hot patterned plates, like a waffle but much thinner and drier. They are used in wafer cookies, ice cream cones and as crisp layers in candy bars.
Vanilla wafers in the US are small round cookies used in banana pudding and crumb crusts.
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Written by VanillaGoods in our own words from these sources. Last reviewed October 15, 2026.
- Wafer (Q117072235), Wikidata