Best Old Fashioned Vanilla Wafers Recipes

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.

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.