1,343 vanilla extract recipes

Nut refrigerator cookies (icebox cookies) with brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that chills overnight and yields crisp, buttery cookies with caramel notes.

Homemade crunchy granola with rolled oats, wheat germ, coconut, nuts, and raisins baked in honey and vanilla. Better than anything from a box and your kitchen will smell like a bakery.

Fudgy brownies made with a full bag of melted chocolate chips, butter, and whole wheat flour. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, and intensely chocolatey in every bite.

Peanut butter banana milkshake with rolled oats blended in for extra body and protein. A filling, creamy shake with honey and vanilla, no ice cream needed.

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with peanut butter, cocoa, rolled oats, and vanilla. Boil the base on the stovetop, stir in the oats, drop, and chill. No oven needed.

Chewy chocolate drop cookies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, butter, and just half a cup of flour. Fudgy, brownie-like cookies that bake in under 10 minutes.

Crisp, crumbly Swedish coconut cookies leavened with baker's ammonia for an ultra-light snap. Rolled into walnut-sized balls and baked until golden. Makes 4 dozen buttery, coconut-flecked treats in under an hour.

Creamy microwave fudge made with chocolate chips, marshmallows, and evaporated milk. Cooked to soft-ball stage in the microwave for a smooth, rich homemade candy.

Old-school cooked fudge with semi-sweet chocolate, butter, evaporated milk, and chopped nuts. The 14-minute boil and 10-minute beat method produces dense, creamy, melt-in-your-mouth fudge.

Mocha nut butter balls: tender, snowball-style shortbread cookies flavored with cocoa and instant coffee, packed with toasted walnuts or pecans, rolled in sugar.

Mexican Yuletide cookies (polvorones) with butter, oatmeal, and pecans rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A crumbly, nutty holiday cookie that makes 6.5 dozen from one batch.

No-bake date nut logs rolled in flaked coconut with crisp rice cereal and pecans. A retro Southern candy that cooks in one saucepan and shapes in minutes.

Honey almond heart cookies made with whole wheat and all-purpose flour, rolled thin and cut into heart shapes. Fill with a thumbprint of jam for a sweet, naturally sweetened Valentine's treat.

Old-fashioned brownies with unsweetened chocolate, butter, pecans, and a simple creamed batter. A vintage one-bowl recipe that bakes in 25 minutes flat.

Pignoli cookies (pine nut macaroons): the chewy almond-paste Italian classic studded with toasted pine nuts and dusted with powdered sugar. Naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and totally addictive.

Chewy pecan date squares with brown sugar and vanilla, baked low and slow then dusted with powdered sugar. No butter needed, the dates keep them moist.