Recipes with vanilla extract

Sour cream apple pancakes with grated apple, whole wheat flour, and a hint of cinnamon. Tender, lightly sweet breakfast pancakes with a tangy buttermilk-style crumb.

Buttermilk pound cake with a tender, fine crumb and tangy edge from low-fat buttermilk. A lightened butter-and-margarine pound cake recipe that bakes up golden in a bundt, tube, or loaf pan.

Ohio sour cherry pie features a flaky frozen-shortening Crisco crust and a thick almond-vanilla sour cherry filling cooked on the stovetop before baking. Classic Midwest summer pie.

Chocolate Pancakes with Chocolate-Raspberry Sauce recipe

Little Grandma's Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies recipe

Mom's pecan pie is the classic Southern holiday dessert with brown sugar, light corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and a generous cup of pecans in a pre-baked flaky pie shell. A Thanksgiving and Christmas tradition.

Soft oatmeal cookies studded with chocolate chips, made lighter with applesauce instead of excess butter. Crisp edges, chewy centers, under 150 calories each.

Low-fat pancakes from biscuit baking mix with egg white, skim milk, and fat-free spread. Quick breakfast pancakes ready in 15 minutes with no special ingredients.

Caramelized apple crepes for breakfast or brunch: tender whole wheat crepes folded around tart apples cooked down with brown sugar and cinnamon, finished with a dollop of yogurt. Lighter than they taste.

I added some pureed strawberries and a couple of drops of red food coloring to make the cake pink.

I added some pureed strawberries and a couple of drops of red food coloring to make the cake pink.

Holiday oatmeal chocolate chip cookies studded with semisweet chips and colorful M&Ms in a brown sugar oat dough. Choose chewy or crisp with bake time, perfect for cookie swaps.

Copycat pumpkin scones with two glazes: tender, spiced pumpkin scones finished with a plain sugar glaze and a drizzle of spiced pumpkin glaze. The fall coffee-shop favorite at home.

This ice cream is my favorite one, I always use low-fat yogurt, sometimes mixing more kinds of berries, very tasty and healthy!

Quick and easy kids’ snacks that are healthy and fun to eat any time of the day! Try it!

Homemade crunchy granola with rolled oats, coconut, almonds, sesame, sunflower seeds, and wheat germ, baked low and slow with honey and vanilla. Raisins stirred in after cooling.