Easy Vanilla Wafers Recipes

VANILLA WAFERS I

Steps:

• In large bowl, cream together the shortening, sugar, egg, milk, and vanilla. Stir until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt. Add to egg mixture and mix well. Cover and chill for 4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
• Roll out dough on a floured surface to a 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out cookies with round cookie cutter and place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes until lightly colored. Cool on wire racks.

HOW TO MAKE VANILLA WAFERS RECIPE (HOMEMADE NILLA WAFERS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (150oC). For this recipe, I did fan as there will be multiple trays in the oven and you will want them to bake evenly.
• In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy and there are no lumps.
• Slowly add in the egg whites and mix until smooth. Add the remaining whole egg and mix until fully incorporated. If the mix curdles don't worry, just give it a good whisk to bring it back together.
• Once combined, add the flour, vanilla, and salt and mix until it just comes together. Do not overmix.
• The batter will be somewhat soft. Place batter in a piping bag fitted with a medium pastry tip. Pipe it in even mounds onto a cookie sheet (roughly 2 teaspoons). Keep cookies about 1 ½ inches apart as the batter will spread when baked.
• Place in oven and bake for approximately 18-20 minutes or until golden.
• Once cooled store in an airtight for up to 7 days. Use for a cookie crust or for a classic banana pudding.

EASY VANILLA WAFER TIRAMISU

Steps:

• Dissolve coffee granules in hot water. Gradually add to cream cheese in medium bowl, beating with whisk until blended. Add sugar; mix well. Stir in the whipped topping.
• Place 16 of the wafers on bottom of 8-inch square dish; cover with half of the whipped topping mixture. Repeat layers; cover. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• Top with raspberries just before serving. Sprinkle with cocoa powder and grated chocolate. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

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.

EASY VANILLA WAFERS

Steps:

• To make the wafers:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Generously butter heavy large cookie sheets. Beat 1/4 cup butter and sugar in medium bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg whites. Gradually mix in flour and salt (batter will be soft.) Drop batter by level teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, spacing 3 inches apart. Bake until edges are golden brown and centers of cookies are still pale, about 7 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks and cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Store in airtight container.)
• To make the vanilla sugar:
• Process sugar and vanilla bean in processor until vanilla bean is very finely minced. Strain sugar to remove any large pieces of vanilla bean. Store sugar in airtight container. Makes 2 cups.

EASY VANILLA WAFER CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place wafer cookies in a ziplocked bag. Roll a rolling pin over the bag until the wafers have been crushed into fine crumbs; pour crumbs into a mixing bowl.
• Add the melted butter or margarine to the bowl and slowly combine with the crumbs using a mixing spoon.
• Turn crumb mixture onto a 9-inch pie plate and spread evenly around.
• Using a small measuring cup (or your fingertips works fine) tightly press the crumb mixture onto bottom and sides of the pie pan to form a firm and even crust.
• Place in oven and bake for 8 minutes.