Wafers with cream are the perfect snack-sized dessert!
Cream Wafers
Wafers with cream is a dreamy and delicious dessert snack that’s very easy to whip up. Bring these to a gathering or package them into gifts around the holidays. You can use the recommended red and green food dyes for Christmas, blue and white for Hanukkah, pink and red for Valentine’s Day or red and blue for the Fourth of July. The possibilities are endless!
They’re also fun to serve with tea or coffee. Kids can help make these—they’re that simple—and even personalize them with their favorite flavored fillings. Everyone will think you bought them from a local bakery!
Each of these wafers is only 91 calories, despite all of the indulgent ingredients. If you’re looking for a colorful sweet treat to make next, this is definitely the one! You only need 25 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes in the oven.
Ingredients for Cream Wafers
- Butter: Use unsalted softened butter for this recipe. Butter is used to make both the wafer cookies and the accompanying filling.
- Flour: You’ll need all-purpose flour, the most common kind of flour used for baking.
- Heavy Whipping Cream: Consisting of milk and cream, heavy whipping cream is what makes the cookie wafers look and taste dense. It’s used for both the wafer batter and the filling.
- Sugar: Cane sugar is either white or brown and will be used for the wafer cookie batter.
- Confectioners’ Sugar: This is also called powdered sugar and gives the filling structure.
- Vanilla Extract: Vanilla extract is used in the filling as a way to soften and fluff up the recipe.
- Food Coloring: Unless you want all of your cream wafers to look the same, choose at least two different colors. This is used to dye the filling.
Directions
Step 1: Combine the butter, flour and cream
In a small bowl, beat the butter, flour and cream together. Cover and refrigerate for one hour or until it’s easy to handle.
Step 2: Make the wafers
Preheat the oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut the cookies with a floured 1-1/4 inch round cookie cutter. Place them 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets and sprinkle with sugar. Prick each cookie three to four times with a fork.
Editor’s Tip: If you don’t own a round cookie cutter, use a drinking glass or the top of a Mason jar instead.
Step 4: Bake the wafers
Bake the cookies for seven to nine minutes or until set. Remove them from the oven and place them on wire racks to cool.
Step 5: Create the filling
In a small bowl, combine the butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and enough cream to achieve desired consistency. Remove half of this mixture to another bowl. Tint one portion of filling with red food coloring and the other half with green (or your chosen colors). Carefully spread the filling on the bottom of half of the cookies; top with the remaining cookies.
Cream Wafers Variations
- Make the cookies chocolate-flavored: If you’re craving a sandwich cookie where the wafers are chocolate, add 1/3 cup cocoa powder to the batter.
- Turn these into ice-cream cookies: All you need to do is scrap the filling and replace it with a small scoop of ice cream between two sandwich cookies. To ensure they aren’t a slippery mess, freeze these on a baking sheet until they are hard and then enjoy.
How to Store Cream Wafers
This type of cookie freezes very well (some people even like to eat them slightly chilled) and can also be stored at room temperature.
Can you freeze cream wafers?
If you make a large batch of these and need to store the rest for later, that’s no problem at all. It’s recommended to first harden them on a baking sheet before freezing in either a resealable freezer bag or air-tight container. These cream-filled wafers will last in the freezer for up to four months.
How long do Cream Wafers last?
If stored at room temperature in a covered container, you can enjoy these for up to seven days.
Can you make Cream Wafers ahead of time?
Because the recipe requires chilling time before you eat them, it’s actually recommended that you make them ahead of time. You can either store at room temperature or in the refrigerator, although more than an hour in the refrigerator is going to make them taste very cold (not what everyone wants).
Cream Wafers Tips
How do I avoid cream wafers getting soggy?
If you you want to preserve the soft filling texture in the center and the crispy cookies on the outer layer, make sure that the container or bag you’re storing them in is air-tight.
How do I make thin cream wafers?
The trick to nailing a thin cookie is to roll the dough thinner. You should also check on them while in the oven as they may require less time to bake.
How do I make colored cookies?
What’s fun about this recipe is that you can make macaron dupes by coloring more than the filling. Add food coloring to your batter, playing around with the amount until you achieve the hue you want. You could also create two different color cookies for each sandwich. Just make sure you separate the batter into two portions when adding the food colors.
Cream Wafers
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
10 min
Yield
2 dozen
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- Sugar
- FILLING:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 to 2 teaspoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 drop each red and green food coloring
Directions
- In a small bowl, beat butter, flour and cream. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 1-1/4-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sugar. Prick each cookie 3-4 times with a fork.
- Bake 7-9 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
- In a small bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough cream to achieve desired consistency. Remove half to another bowl; tint one portion of filling with red food coloring and the other half with green. Carefully spread filling on bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.
Nutrition Facts
1 each: 91 calories, 7g fat (4g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 59mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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My sons used to help me make these cookies, and now my oldest granddaughter helps. When the smaller grandchildren are home, they help, too. The cute little sandwich cookies are tender, buttery and melt-in-your-mouth good! —Linda Clinkenbeard, Vincennes, Indiana
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