vanilla wafers

Sweet pale cookies

Vanilla wafers are small, round, crisp cookies flavored with vanilla—thin, lightly sweet, and pale golden.

They're eaten as a snack but also used as an ingredient, most famously layered with bananas and pudding in banana pudding.

The leading American brand is Nilla Wafers.

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dessert · banana pudding · layered dessert · treat · icebox cake · crackers · pie crusts · comfort food · eggs · baking powder · crispness · cookie crumbs · pie crust · parfait · cream cheese frosting · flour · sugar · shortening

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G