Recipes with vanilla extract

White chocolate cheesecake with an almond-oatmeal-graham crust, folded with whipped egg whites for an airy, mousse-like texture. Slow-cooled in the oven for a crack-free finish.

Godiva brownies: dense, fudgy chocolate squares spiked with chocolate liqueur, instant coffee, and toasted walnuts. The grown-up brownie that lives between dessert and digestif.

Whole wheat muffins sweetened with honey and applesauce, no butter, no oil, no eggs. Six pantry ingredients deliver hearty, fiber-rich breakfast muffins for under 5 minutes of mixing.

Apple butter spice muffins with cinnamon, ginger, brown sugar, honey, and a generous swirl of apple butter for a moist, deeply spiced fall breakfast muffin.

Cranberry pecan pound cake studs a buttery sour cream batter with toasted pecans, fresh cranberries, and ¼ cup of orange liqueur. Make ahead for the holidays, dust with powdered sugar.

With the help of a cake mix, these bars go together in a flash.

Peanut butter and chocolate make these cookies taste amazingly delicious. Buttery and flakey, and they are ideal cookies for holidays, pot-locks or any occasions.

Blueberry coffee cake with two cups of fresh blueberries and a cinnamon-sugar crumb crunch on top. A 40-minute brunch favorite for weekend mornings.

Not your tradional "fudgy" brownies, they have the warm and rich cocoa taste and are more "cake-like."

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with fresh diced apples, raisins, walnuts, and honey, spiced with cinnamon for a wholesome treat that stays moist for days.

Found the original recipe in foodnetwork magazine "The Chocolate" issue. I changed a few things according to my own taste and this decadent chocolate babka only lasted about half day at our counter.

Found the original recipe in foodnetwork magazine "The Chocolate" issue. I changed a few things according to my own taste and this decadent chocolate babka only lasted about half day at our counter.

A pair of the cutest flip flop cakes you've ever seen. Great for a picnic, cook out or birthday party. Kids love them.

Homemade funnel cake just like the fair: a simple batter piped into hot oil in lacy swirls and fried until golden and crisp. Drizzle with chocolate or dust with sugar for a carnival treat at home.

An excellent way to use up my over-ripe bananas. These muffins were so moist and yummy. My grab-and-go breakfast and a nutrition-dense snack during the day. I usually make a big bunch, and freeze most of them.

Brownie bottom cheesecake layers a dense, fudgy unsweetened chocolate brownie base under a tangy sour cream cheesecake. Two desserts in one springform pan for the ultimate showstopper.