6,869 vanilla sugar recipes

Crisp jalapeno cheesecake with fresh peppers, ginger, and cinnamon in a creamy filling on a graham cracker crust. A bold sweet-heat cheesecake with a whipped sour cream topping.

Spicy applesauce cookies with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, rolled thin, cut out, and topped with a glossy homemade gelatin icing and colored sugar.

Auntie Justine's 7 Up cake is a buttery, dense pound cake leavened with lemon-lime soda instead of baking powder, scented with lemon, vanilla, and coconut extracts. A tender Southern bundt finished with confectioner's sugar.

A sweet treat to impress: frosted cherry chocolate cheesecake.

Adorable brown sugar pecan cookies shaped like tiny turtles with pecan halves for legs and heads. Frosted and irresistible, these bake up in about 10 minutes.

Chocolate amaretto cheesecake with a chocolate wafer crust and a lightened filling that blends cream cheese with cottage cheese, cocoa, almond liqueur and chocolate morsels. A small 7-inch springform pan dessert.

Banana macaroon salad layers homemade coconut-oat macaroon crumbs with sliced bananas, pecans and whipped topping, then chills until everything melds. A retro potluck and picnic favorite.

Low-fat carrot fig cake that replaces oil and butter with pureed dried figs for moisture. Loaded with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, and raisins, drizzled with a simple pineapple juice glaze.

Golden chocolate Bundt cake doctors a yellow cake mix with sour cream, milk chocolate bars, chocolate chips, pecans and coconut. Semi-homemade with bakery-style results.

Three-layer no-bake bars with a cocoa-coconut-almond base, cherry buttercream filling studded with maraschino cherries, and a semi-sweet chocolate drizzle on top.

White chocolate macadamia nut brownies drizzled with a white chocolate cream sauce. Rich, buttery blondies with a fudgy center and crunchy macadamias in every bite.

Palm Beach pineapple squares: a chocolate walnut cake base topped with a lemon-scented pineapple layer, baked together into one tropical dessert bar.

Marble scones with swirled chocolate and vanilla doughs folded together for stunning ribbons of bittersweet chocolate. A buttermilk-tender showpiece scone for brunch or afternoon tea.

Rocky road cookies are fudgy chocolate drop cookies studded with chocolate chips and chopped nuts, each topped with a melty mini marshmallow. Bakery-style cookies in 8 minutes per tray.

Texas-style pecan pie with a secret cornmeal addition for texture, both light and dark corn syrup for depth, and vanilla butternut extract. Gooey, crunchy, and piled with whipped cream.

This fat-free blond fruitcake is packed with candied pineapple, dried apricots, and peaches, held together with applesauce instead of butter. Aged in orange liqueur for deep, boozy flavor.