Recipes with vanilla extract

Cream cheese frosting with butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Thick, spreadable, and made for carrot cake or zucchini cake. Comes together in 15 minutes with just 4 ingredients.

Jumbo cream cheese peanut butter cookie: one giant cookie-dough pizza slathered with fluffy peanut butter cream cheese frosting and chopped peanuts. A sliceable dessert for 12 in 45 minutes.

Part 1 of a caramel rum ice cream cake: homemade caramel sauce and a cream cheese cake base spiked with dark rum. Boozy, rich, and built in stages for a showstopper dessert.

Buttery nut ball cookies rolled in powdered sugar, also called Russian tea cakes or Mexican wedding cookies. Six ingredients, no eggs, and they melt in your mouth.

Italian biscotti with toasted walnuts, orange zest, and black pepper. The savory-sweet hybrid that pairs with dessert wine, cheese, or after-dinner coffee.

Rich chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, sour cream, brown sugar, and boiling water. Deeply fudgy, tender, and best served with whipped cream.

Sour cream coffee cake loaded with mini chocolate chips in the batter and a brown sugar streusel topping. Tender, rich crumb that stays moist for days.

Chocolate pound cake made with melted German chocolate and coconut, baked in a bundt pan and finished with a semi-sweet chocolate glaze. Dense, rich, and deeply chocolatey.

Cinnamon ribbon bread layers tender sour cream cake batter with cinnamon-sugar swirls and a pecan crown. A breakfast loaf with a marbled cinnamon ribbon running through every slice.

Macadamia butterballs with chopped chocolate chips and macadamia nuts rolled in powdered sugar. A melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie that makes five dozen for holiday gifting.

Freezer-friendly slice and bake peanut butter cookies with the classic fork crisscross pattern. Make the dough in bulk, freeze in logs, and bake fresh anytime.

Vegan orange chocolate mousse made with silken tofu, cocoa powder, brown rice syrup, and orange zest. Dairy-free, egg-free, and ready in 10 minutes plus chilling.

Birds nests are thumbprint cookies rolled in egg white and crushed walnuts, then filled with a jewel of fruit jam. A classic holiday tea cookie that bakes in 10 minutes.

Buttery coconut shortbread squares dipped diagonally in semi-sweet chocolate. A crisp, sandy cookie with toasted coconut flakes baked low and slow.

Strawberry apple frost smoothie blended with plain yogurt, fresh strawberries, apple juice, vanilla, and ice. A light, low-calorie frozen drink that's naturally sweet and frothy.

Old-fashioned chocolate fudge made from scratch with unsweetened chocolate, sugar, and milk. Hand-stirred on a platter until it transforms from glossy to creamy and firm.