Homemade Whole Wheat Vanilla Wafers
ByWe have become a household of the ”eat it while you can because it won’t be around long, hurry they’re almost gone already” sort.
That’s definitely how it was the day I first made homemade vanilla wafers. Now, I double the recipe when I make these.
Homemade Whole Wheat Vanilla Wafers
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sucanat or brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Cream butter and sucanat together. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Stir in flour, salt and baking powder.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scrape the dough into a pastry bag with a large, plain piping tip.
Pipe nickel sized amounts of dough onto the parchment paper. (If you don’t have the tools you need to “pipe” these onto your cookie sheet…I think just plopping tiny plops down with a spoon will work okay too.)
If, after you are done piping dough, you have a big pan full of ugly, weird shaped blobs, you have done very, very well.
Bake at 325° for fifteen minutes. Turn off the oven and let the cookies sit inside for a half hour or so to crisp up.
See? The ugly blobs spread out while they bake and make nice circle shaped Vanilla Wafers that your children will devour before their daddy comes home.
And two days later when their daddy hears about the homemade vanilla wafers he will say to you, “What? Vanilla wafers? You made vanilla wafers? I never saw any vanilla wafers.”
Or something like that.
I have got to remember to set some of these aside next time.
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This recipe can be found, along with the Warm Vanilla Soother recipe, in the What to do with Vanilla downloadable recipe card pack, which is still on sale for half off! Makes a great gift!
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This post linked to Frugal Friday.
Oh these look good. Although I would definitely be the plop them down with a spoon girl! I am going to copy your recipe and link back here. I hope you don’t mind. Otherwise I will never remember where I saw this lovely recipe.
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Definitely gonna try these!!! I love your homemade graham crackers. We always have some in the house now. And I just made another batch of your soft pretzels. Yum!!! Can’t wait for vanilla wafers. I used to live on them…but have stopped buying them because of what’s in them.
Love your blog :)
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When I read the title to your post I thought it said “Waffles” instead of “Wafers”. As I looked through the pics I was incredibly curious how those little blobs would bake into the waffle shape! Maybe I should have my eyes checked… :)
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Emily Reply:
December 18th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I thought the same thing at first. Don’t feel too bad!
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Oh these look yummy!
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I’ve wanted a good recipe for these! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you, thank you. I wanted to ask you if you had come up with a recipe for vanilla wafers. I am definitely going to be trying these!
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Very creative…merry christmas to you!
sandy toe
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Wow! These are disappearing like a June frost!!!
I will have to double next time, too. These were made because I am planning on making banana pudding, but they are almost gone already.
What I did differently:
I didn’t turn off the oven after because I didn’t have room to have them all in at once and they turned out fine.
I used a cake decorating bag and a decorative tip because that’s what I had.
I made the first batch way too small- guess I forgot what a nickel looks like!
Thanks for another great recipe!
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Yummy!! I made these wafers yesterday. My family loved them. Thank you so much for sharing.
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These were great! We used a Ziploc bag with the corner cut off for the piping. I can’t wait to bake up the rest of the batter.
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Oh, dear. Mine spread over the whole pan. Any ideas what I did wrong. They just flattened out….flatter than any pancakes I’ve ever made. :)
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Laura Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Oh boy…I don’t know. The dough will respond differently in different climates. I’m guessing you might just need to add a little extra flour next time?
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Just finished making these and they turned out wonderfully! They are the perfect finger food for my 11 month old,(she currently has one in each hand) my 5 year old is snacking happily on these and some fresh fruit, and my husband has big plans for banana pudding and ‘nilla wafers. :)
Thanks again for all of your recipes and ideas!!
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I just made these yesterday for the first time and my son said they were the best cookies ever! We also made the strawberry shortcake minus the whip cream and loved it! I’m excited to try many more of your recipes!
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I’ve been wanting to replace all our store bought crackers so I can make sure my kids are getting healthier snacks so this recipe is exactly what I was looking for. My kids love Nilla Wafers so, I’m looking forward to making these for them!
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I just linked to your recipe on my Friday Favorite. These are wonderful!!!
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been wanting to make some to cut that out of our shopping trip! YAY!!!
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Do you have to use whole wheat flour? What would happen if you use white flour?
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Awesome! Just made them (with brown sugar b/c I was out of sucunat) and they turned out terrific. I think next time I’ll try using 1/4 c. butter and 1/4 c. applesauce to see how that works. Thanks!
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Jen Reply:
September 2nd, 2010 at 1:16 pm
I was thinking about substituting applesauce for some of the butter as well. I think we will be eating these often and I hate to use so much butter in a recipe. They are tasty though!
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