Vanilla Wafer Cookies
"This is one of my favorite recipes from TOH. It is easy, it is cheap, and it is DELICIOUS! I think these are my family's favorite cookies. I have even made a batch with pasteurized eggs for making cookie dough ice cream! :) The cook time is for one batch in the oven. The dough freezes well; simply roll into a log and wrap in plastic wrap. Then just slice off cookies and bake (from frozen) according to directions."
photo by Joyd9060
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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42 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter (no substitutes)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl (or your stand mixer), cream butter and sugar together until the mixture is light and fluffy looking.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl and slowly add to creamed mixture and mix well.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake at 350 for 12 -15 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- These stay pretty pale and chewy.
Questions & Replies
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how do you get them as crispas store bought?
Reviews
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These turned out great. I've been on a Nilla Vanilla Cookies and milk craze lately. I think I'll be able to save money and get a better tasting cookie by making this recipe. They are so easy to make and I always have the ingredients on hand. -
I was rather pleased with the outcome of this recipe. Followed it to the tee and they came out great! -
Couldn't believe how amazing and addictive these cookies are. I made them as a base - halfway through the baking time, I put chopped up Starburst pieces on the top of them to melt. A great way to use up the Easter candy I probably wouldn't have eaten. I'd love to sit down with a bowl of the dough and eat it all day! :-) -
Excellent, crispy/chewy cookies. I did double the vanilla, and did other experiments but nothing that messed with the original recipe. I am using this to make my rum balls with, if I can stop eating them before I do! -
Nice simple cookie. Thanks for sharing.
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I'm a stay at home mom with two lovely children, a wonderful husband, and 2 hungry roommates. I'm an artist by avocation, and am working to being one by vocation as well. * grins *
Just to let everyone know, after a half hour discussion about it, the boys (DH and Roommate) have settled on ratings meanings. I reserve the right to bump up or down a half star a recipe based on the actual recipe and how easy it was, etc. etc.
I have to admit, it's been a couple of years since I updated this text and in the meantime, my picky picky DD has flowered into a girl who enjoys California rolls, will give almost everything a try, and in general much less picky than the average 7 year old in this area.
DS, at 2 and a half, asks for salad for lunch and then demolishes it. He's a weirdo. :)
We try to be very honest and very descriptive with our reviews. And I fully appreciate the same from people reviewing my recipes. Not every family will like every recipe, and sometimes what you didn't like about a recipe, another family will love! :) I also try to be as nice and polite as possible in my reviews. I don't believe there is any reason not to. The only thing that really upsets me enough to be mean is when a poorly written recipe forces me to have to clean my kitchen.
***** - "Scout is not allowed to make this very often because it is highly addictive and will be inhaled on sight!" Dump Cakes, Sweet Salsa Chicken and Wasabi Peanuts are in this category.
**** - "This is wonderful and we want to see it again fairly often, a new family favorite."
*** - "This is good. We woud eat it again without any changes, but it's not our favorite."
** - "We did not like this very much, but we would eat it again if served it. It would be good if some changes were made. This was really not to our taste."
* - "We would eat this again only with a lot of condiments to mask the taste."
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