I want to make an old fashion banana pudding and I have to get some vanilla wafers or something close to it. Eggs and bananas are a'pleanty here, but the key ingredient.... I have tried to do it with those rectangular vanilla wafer bar type cookies and it just does not come out like it should. They don't mesh with the other ingredients called for in the recipe. It is kind of like using guitar strings to floss with. Anyone know if Big C or Makro or Topps have them? Any leads would be greatly appreciated. ett

If available anywhere, Rimping Supermarket, Chiang Mai would be your best bet.

Or, you can make your own....

No one knows the exact origin of the vanilla wafer but it’s

guessed that the recipe was developed in the south. The wafers

were being whipped up from scratch at home long before Nabisco

introduced the lightweight, poker chip-like packaged cookies in

1945.

Back then they were called Vanilla Wafers. But in the 60s

Nabisco slapped the trade name Nilla Wafers on the box. Today the

real things come about 100 to a box and really fly when whipped

into the air with a little flick of the wrist. Here now, you can

relive the days of old with a homemade version fresh out of the oven.

For just a slight variation on this recipe – with similar

aerodynamics – check out the clone for Sunshine Lemon Coolers.

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup shortening

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups cake flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 tablespoon water

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Cream together sugars, shortening, egg, vanilla, and salt in a

large bowl.

3. Add the flour and baking powder. Add 1 tablespoon of water and

continue mixing until dough forms a ball.

4. Roll dough into 3/4-inch balls and flatten slightly onto a

lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until

cookies are light brown.

google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);Makes 50 to 56 cookies.

Or, you can make your own....

No one knows the exact origin of the vanilla wafer but it's

guessed that the recipe was developed in the south. The wafers

were being whipped up from scratch at home long before Nabisco

introduced the lightweight, poker chip-like packaged cookies in

1945.

Back then they were called Vanilla Wafers. But in the 60s

Nabisco slapped the trade name Nilla Wafers on the box. Today the

real things come about 100 to a box and really fly when whipped

into the air with a little flick of the wrist. Here now, you can

relive the days of old with a homemade version fresh out of the oven.

For just a slight variation on this recipe – with similar

aerodynamics – check out the clone for Sunshine Lemon Coolers.

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup shortening

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups cake flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 tablespoon water

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Cream together sugars, shortening, egg, vanilla, and salt in a

large bowl.

3. Add the flour and baking powder. Add 1 tablespoon of water and

continue mixing until dough forms a ball.

4. Roll dough into 3/4-inch balls and flatten slightly onto a

lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until

cookies are light brown.

google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);Makes 50 to 56 cookies.

Thank you soooo much. I really appreciate the recipe. I have learned that some things just have to be made here if you want them at all. I will give it a whirl and let you know how it comes out. They will have to be a dutch oven version, as we do not yet, have an oven in our home. I did rough in an opening for one, but it will have to be a little later on down the road. Again, thank you so much.....ett