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Homemade vanilla wafer cookie recipe. #TexasHomesteader

Simple Vanilla Wafer Cookies

You can make the cookies bigger if you'd like, they just won't have as crispy of an outside. We like to add a slice of banana between two cookies, dip them in chocolate, and then freeze them 
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Keyword butter, cookies, vanilla, wafer
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 36 cookies
Author www.TexasHomesteader.com

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup Butter, softened (1 stick, or 4 oz)
  • 1 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 Tblsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 ⅓ Cups All-purpose flour
  • ¾ tsp Baking powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt

Instructions

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. In a large bowl, cream together the 1/2 cup room-temperature butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy; add 1 egg and 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, mixing thoroughly.

  3. In a separate bowl, combine 1 ⅓ cups flour, ¾ teaspoon baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Then fold the flour mixture into the butter mixture, just until blended

  4. Use a small cookie scoop or drop cookies approximately 1 tablespoon at a time about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. (I needed two baking sheets for this recipe!)

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are golden brown, 13 to 15 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.

Recipe Notes

NOTE: Using my 1 Tablespoon cookie scoop netted 36 approximately 2" cookies from this recipe. You can use a smaller 1 teaspoon cookie scoop to get more numerous yet smaller vanilla wafer cookies.