Best Cinnamon Sugar Vanilla Wafers Recipes

CINNAMON SUGAR VANILLA WAFERS

Steps:

• Mix 1 1/2 cup sugar and butter in large mixer bowl; cream with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla extract. Gradually add baking powder to sifted flour and sift again.
• Gradually add to the butter mixture, mixing well; stir in the milk and combine well.
• Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400° and lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside.
• Lightly flour your work surface and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Roll cold dough to 1/8-inch thickness and cut with 2-inch cookie cutters.
• Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets; sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake 6-8 minutes. Remove from sheets and place cool on wire racks.

LIGHT AND CRISP VANILLA WAFERS

Steps:

• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 400 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Sift the cake flour onto a sheet of parchment paper and set aside.
• Combine the whole egg, egg white, sugar, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract and water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until lightened in color and thickened, 3 to 4 minutes.
• With the mixer running on low speed, slowly pour in the butter and oil. Increase the speed to high and beat for 30 seconds.
• Turn off the machine and add all of the flour. Mix on low speed. Stop to scrape the bowl and whisk. Mix on low speed until the batter is smooth and thick.
• Transfer the batter to an 18-inch (or larger) pastry bag fitted with a coupler and 1/2-inch round tip. Alternatively, use a gallon-size resealable plastic bag with a corner snipped off to make a 1/2-inch opening.
• Pipe 5 quarter-size mounds of batter in 8 rows on each of the prepared baking sheets. You should have 80 mounds total. Pipe any extra batter into the empty spaces.
• Bake, rotating and switching the positions of the baking sheets halfway through, until the edges of the wafers turn a deep golden brown, 14 to 15 minutes total.
• Let the wafers cool completely on the baking sheets. They will crisp as they cool.

VANILLA WAFER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

VANILLA WAFERS

Steps:

• Position 1 oven rack in the top third of the oven and another in the bottom third. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl and set aside. Cream the butter and vanilla sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl after 1 minute. Add the egg and incorporate on medium speed for 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the mixer bowl. Add the vanilla extract and milk and blend on low speed for 15 seconds. Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed just to incorporate. Chill the batter in the refrigerator for at least 10 minutes before scooping.
• Scoop the batter in teaspoon-sized balls and arrange them on 2 parchment paper-lined half sheet pans, approximately 35 cookies per pan. Use the heel of your hand to slightly flatten each ball. Bake, 2 pans at a time, rotating the pans halfway through the baking, until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the pans to a cooling rack to cool completely before removing the cookies from the pan.

VANILLA WAFER COOKIES THAT ARE BETTER THAN STOREBOUGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; beat in egg and vanilla extract. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix the dry ingredients thoroughly into butter mixture. Drop cookies about 2 inches apart, 1 teaspoon at a time, onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.

OLD FASHIONED VANILLA WAFERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream the margarine together with the sugar on low speed until fluffy.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla until incorporated.
• Stir in the zests.
• Still on low speed, beat in the flour until fully blended.
• By teaspoonfuls, drop the batter onto the baking sheets, leaving a good two inches between each cookie.
• Bake for about 7 minutes, or until the wafers are lightly browned along the edges.
• Transfer to a cooling rack where they will crisp as they cool.
• Store carefully in layers in an airtight container.