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[[Image:Wafers.jpg|thumb|Israeli Chocolate Cream Flavored Wafers]]
[[Image:Karlsbader-Oblate.jpg|thumb|Carlsbad spa wafer]]
[[Image:Oplatki.w.koszyczku.jpg|thumb|Polish Christmas Wafers]]
In cooking, a '''wafer''' is a crisp, sweet, very thin, flat, and dry [[cake]], often used to decorate [[ice cream]]. Wafers can also be made into [[cookies]] with cream flavoring sandwiched between them. They frequently have a [[waffle]] surface pattern but may also be patterned with insignia of the food's manufacturer or may be patternless.
The word also refers to the special [[small]] round flat breads made for [[Anglican]] [[Holy Communion]] services; the word [[Host (Holy Communion)|host]] is used in the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|liturgy]]. These [[holy]] wafers often have an image of the crucified [[Christ]] imprinted on them.
In the spa towns of the [[Slovak Republic]] (e.g. [[Piešťany]], etc.) special "spa wafers" (''kúpeľné oplátky'') are produced.
In the spa towns of the [[Czech Republic]] (e.g. [[Karlovy Vary]], [[Mariánské Lázně]], etc.) special "spa wafers" (''lázeňské oplatky'') are produced.
[[Christmas wafer]]s, whose patterns often depict religious scenes, are an [[Eastern Europe]]an [[Roman Catholic]] [[Christmas tradition]] celebrated in [[Poland|Polish]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]], [[Lithuania]]n and [[Italy|Italian]] families during [[Wigilia]] (''Christmas Eve Vigil'').
==See also==
*[[Waffle]]
*[[Manner]]
*[[Nilla Wafers]]
*[[Mille-feuille]]
*[[Tompouce]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Cookies]]
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[[ru:Вафля]]
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[[he:ופלה]]