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Close up shot of homemade vanilla wafers.

Homemade Vanilla Wafers Cookies (Nilla Copycat)

These homemade vanilla wafers are rich and buttery and can be enjoyed on their own or used as a versatile ingredient in various desserts like banana pudding.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20 wafers
Calories 80 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • ½ cup Butter
  • ¾ cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 tablespoon Milk
  • 1 ½ cups Flour
  • ¾ teaspoon Baking powder

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180c (350f) and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • Into a large mixing bowl, add the softened butter, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, and kosher salt, and mix with an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer with a guitar attachment for 1-2 minutes or until smooth.
  • Add the milk and egg and mix until smooth and well combined.
  • Add the flour and baking powder, and mix until just combined and a dough forms. Do not overmix.
  • Use a 2 tsp cookie scooper to scoop out the cookies or scoop the cookies with a regular teaspoon, 1 teaspoon at a time.
  • Bake in a 180c (350f) preheated oven for 10-11 minutes or until the cookies are puffed and they have a light golden brown color.
  • Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes, and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

  • Use room temperature ingredients. It is important that you use room-temperature ingredients like eggs and butter. This step ensures that your mixture mixes into a homogenous mixture and bakes perfectly. you don’t want to place cold batter into the oven.
  • Don’t overmix the batter, you don’t want to develop the gluten in the flour. This step ensures you have moist cookies and not dense and dry cookies.
  • Make sure that your butter is at room temperature. An hour or two before making these cookies, take the butter out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature. The butter should be soft to the touch. If your butter is too cold, it will be harder to mix and there will be lumps of butter in the dough.
  • Use a cookies scoop to scoop out the cookies, that way you will have even-sized cookies.
  • Measure your flour correctly! When measuring your flour, avoid scooping it with a measuring cup. Instead, stir the flour with a spoon to create as many air pockets as possible, and spoon it into your measuring cup. Finally, level it with a back of a knife.
  • Line your sheet pan with parchment paper or a silicone mat! This step helps the cookies to bake evenly, and it makes sure that your cookies release easily from the pan.

Nutrition

Calories: 80kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 114mgPotassium: 17mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 155IUCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.5mg
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