Homemade Vanilla Wafers
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I needed a pie crust the other day for something I was making, and a regular butter crust didn’t seem right. I don’t buy regular graham crackers or vanilla wafers anymore, and plus it’s not worth a trip to town for just one box of cookies!
Turns out it’s really not all that hard to make your own! We used to like to buy a box of vanilla wafers once in a while, too, for a treat to munch on, so now that I can make them myself, we will get to treat ourselves more often!
Homemade Vanilla Wafers Recipe
What you need:
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg white
- 2 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
With a mixer, whip the butter, salt, sugar, and eggwhite.
Add in the vanilla, milk, flour, baking powder, and mix well.
You can either use a small cookie scoop or stick the dough in a freezer bag.
Drop onto a cookie sheet in small amounts. Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes. The cookies will harden more as they cool so don’t worry about getting them hard in the oven.
These can be used just for munching or for crust!
This recipe for Homemade Vanilla Wafers was originally published on Little House Living in April 2011. It was updated in April 2026.
Yum! I can’t wait to try these! They look so good.
Love you recipes for the simple things!
Just wondering, does this kind of stuff freeze so that I could make a couple of batches, separate it out, and store it for a day when the grand kids are going to come over?
Yes. You should be able to freeze both the dough and the baked cookies.
Can’t wait to try these!!
These are amazing!!!! It also made more then I was expecting. Thanks for such good and easy recipes.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Do you know if these work with a gluten-free flour blend? Or even just rice flour?