6,869 vanilla sugar recipes

Cranberry and lemon star in this winning drop cookie with fluffy frosting from Liz Bannon of Port Washington, which was adapted from a recipe in a Taste of Home cookbook.

Whole Bartlett pears cored and filled with currant jelly, wrapped in golden puff pastry and baked, served pooled in Calvados caramel sauce. A bakery-window dessert that looks impossible but isn't.

White coconut cake with a tender crumb from cake flour and folded meringue, covered in boiled white frosting and showered with flaked coconut. A classic Southern layer cake.

Poppy seed kolaches made from a soft yeasted dough with mace and lemon zest, filled with a homemade poppy seed, raisin, and cinnamon filling. A Czech-Texan bakery classic.

Pumpkin cream roll with a spiced pumpkin sponge cake wrapped around whipped cream, pumpkin puree, and toasted pecans. An elegant fall dessert chilled until firm.

Buttermilk chocolate bar nut cake: a dense, fudgy tube cake made with melted milk chocolate bars, chocolate syrup, buttermilk, and chopped nuts. A vintage Southern dessert showstopper.

Chocolate coconut cake roll spirals a light cocoa sponge around a fluffy cherry-coconut whipped cream filling. Rolled warm so it won't crack, then chilled and dusted with powdered sugar. A retro showstopper.

Zucchini Pineapple Pecan Raisin Bread: a fruit-and-nut-loaded loaf with zucchini, pineapple, pecans, and raisins folded together. Vanilla pudding mix for moisture, two-loaf yield.

A dead-simple chocolate cheesecake pie with a secret weapon: mayonnaise for ultra-creamy richness. Melted chocolate chips, cream cheese, and a chocolate crumb crust. Five minutes to prep.

Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie with Hot Fudge Sauce recipe

Two-layer chocolate orange cheesecake with a chocolate wafer-cinnamon crust, dark chocolate base, and Grand Marnier orange top. Boxed-cake elegance for a dinner party showpiece.

Southern-style chocolate cola cake loaded with mini marshmallows, made in a 9x13 pan and frosted warm with peanut butter frosting. A potluck legend that feeds a crowd.

No-bake almond chocolate cookies blend semi-sweet and butterscotch chips with vanilla wafer crumbs and sour cream, then roll the truffle-style balls in toasted almonds. Made in 50 minutes.

Coconut chocolate chip cookies with melted chocolate worked into the dough plus extra chips and shredded coconut. Bakery-style triple-chocolate cookies with chewy coconut texture.

Devilish marshmallow cookies are chewy chocolate cookies topped with a melted marshmallow half and finished with a glossy chocolate frosting. Three-tier indulgence: cocoa cookie base, gooey marshmallow middle, and rich chocolate top.

Butterscotch marshmallow brownies loaded with chocolate chips, mini marshmallows, and walnuts. A chewy blonde brownie base with melted butterscotch chips and brown sugar.