Keto Vanilla Wafers

These keto vanilla wafers are light, crispy, and as delicious as their high-carb counterpart. It’s a copycat recipe for vanilla wafers that will fool your taste buds and make you feel like you’re cheating on keto.

Made with only a handful of easy-to-source ingredients, these are homemade low-carb vanilla wafers that taste like the kind that comes in a Nabisco box.

Imagine Nilla wafers that fit into your keto macros perfectly. These are the cookies you’ll want when making our keto “banana” pudding. Enjoy them alone as a healthy snack that you can dunk into your beverage of choice.

With all the processed snacks that try to lure us, it’s nice to have some gluten-free Nilla Wafers that are also sugar-free.

Knowing that only wholesome ingredients are used in these cookies makes them a great anytime snack.

Be sure to check out our entire collection of keto cookies for more delicious options.

Keto Vanilla Wafers

These delectable Nilla keto-friendly cookies are made with coconut flour for the closest texture to regular Nilla cookies.

The natural vanilla flavor combines beautifully with the coconut flour, making these cookies grain-free, gluten-free, and nut-free!

Plus, these cookies are also virtually carb-free. A serving of four vanilla wafer cookies has less than one carb! If that’s not a win, I don’t know what is.

Clocking in at only 0.5 g net carbs per cookie, it’s a keto cookie that is a great alternative.

So do yourself a favor and stop craving the vanilla cookies that come in a box and make your own homemade vanilla wafers from scratch. It’s a recipe the whole family will enjoy.

Ingredients Needed

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The following are the ingredients needed for these Nilla low-carb wafers; note that the printable recipe card is at the bottom of the page with the exact measurements.

• Coconut Flour
• Granulated sugar-substitute
• Confectioner’s sugar substitute
• Unsalted butter softened
• Eggs, room temperature
• Heavy cream
• Vanilla extract
• Baking powder
• Sea salt

How To Make Keto Nilla Wafers

It took a few tries to get the delicious vanilla flavor and texture as close as possible to the classic vanilla cookies so many of us remember fondly.

These keto wafers have a good dose of vanilla extract, certainly more than I am accustomed to using.

That one tablespoon of vanilla is a must to get that Nilla flavor just right.

These cookies also use both granulated sugar substitutes and confectioner’s sugar substitutes. The combination of both sugar substitutes plays a role in the cookie crumb and flavor.

In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together the butter, confectioner’s sugar substitute, granulated sugar substitute, and vanilla extract until well combined.

Then, add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour in the heavy whipping cream and continue mixing until well combined.

Add the coconut flour, baking powder, and salt to the wet ingredients and combine thoroughly. Chill the cookie dough for 30 minutes before baking.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. After chilling, scoop 1.5 teaspoons of dough and form it into a small ball, rolling it with the palms of your hands and gently pressing to form each cookie.

You should note that the cookie dough is a little wetter than most. This is normal, and it’s what gives it a wafer texture.

If the dough becomes too sticky, return it to the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Place the formed cookies on the prepared baking sheets and bake for 12–15 minutes, until golden with slightly browned edges.

Allow the cookies to cool completely on a baking rack before serving.

The delicate texture is why it’s also essential to allow them to cool once baked since they will be quite fragile until they do fully.

Once they cool completely, you’ll get the classic crisp of vanilla wafers.

Store the cookies in a dark, cool place in an airtight container for up to two days.

For longer storage, refrigerate for up to 5 days, but note that they will lose their crispness.

Best Sugar Alternatives For Sugar-Free Vanilla Wafers

I recommend two brand options regarding which sweetener you can use in this recipe. I am partial to Lakanto Monk Fruit.

Lakanto Monk Fruit is my favorite since the texture and flavor are what I have found to be the closest to real sugar and because the flavor fools your taste buds like nothing else I’ve found in the market.

I’m also partial to the Swerve brand, which is an erythritol blend. Like Lakanto, it uses sugar alcohol and has a 0% impact on blood sugar.

Lakanto and Swerve have confectioner’s sugar substitutes, which are a must for this recipe. If you do not have powder on hand, you can make your own by using a dry coffee grinder and processing it until it’s a fine powder.

These two brands work well in your low carb diet.

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My failed attempts when I first went keto caused me to be very intentional with my Keto Baking recipes.

I threw away so many ingredients in the beginning, and I never want anyone to be so frustrated that they give up on the diet before they can see long-lasting results. 

Even though those early days were not fun, the fact that I stayed the course has made this journey very rewarding.

Besides, if I had quit at the first sign of struggle, I would not have had the opportunity to engage with you all.

I hope you will try this keto vanilla wafer cookie recipe and use it in my keto banana pudding, too.

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