7,122 vanilla extract recipes

You don’t need an ice cream maker to make this, but you do need a food processor. I use a banana and a small amount of honey to sweeten the yogurt. (See the banana-only variation on this recipe below.) You can serve it like soft-serve ice cream, or let it freeze solid so that it’s more like regular frozen yogurt.

Chocolate red beet cake: deep cocoa cake with mashed beets baked into a moist, tender crumb you'd never guess was hiding a vegetable. An old-school secret-ingredient cake.

Homemade Kahlua coffee liqueur with just four ingredients: instant coffee, sugar, vanilla, and vodka. A slow-simmered coffee syrup base that tastes like the real thing. Great for gifting.

Creamy coffee mocha punch with chunks of chocolate and vanilla ice cream floating in chilled coffee, topped with almond-vanilla whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg.

Overnight cheesecake with a blender-smooth cream cheese filling in a graham cracker crust, topped with sweetened sour cream. Chills overnight for a dense, creamy set.

Elegant French-style bread pudding layered with dark sweet cherries, baked in a rich egg custard, and topped with silky homemade vanilla sauce. A show-stopping dessert from simple ingredients.

A rich pound cake baked in a lamb-shaped mold with bourbon, almond extract, and chopped pecans. Eight eggs and a full pound of butter make it dense, golden, and celebration-worthy.

Chocolate marshmallow drop cookies topped with a soft melted marshmallow, glossy cocoa icing, and a pecan half. Like a homemade Mallomar in cookie form, made for cookie tins and lunchboxes.

Three-ingredient coconut macaroons with shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla. Chewy, golden, and ready in under 25 minutes.

A show-stopping banana pudding layered with crushed and whole Oreo cookies, homemade vanilla custard, sliced bananas, and a golden meringue topping. Made from scratch with a dozen egg yolks.

Make these easy and delicious squashed frogs for your kids at Halloween, everyone will love these green frogs.

Classic German Bavarian vanilla cream (Bayerische Creme) with egg custard, vanilla ice cream, and whipped cream set in a mold. A rich, silky no-bake dessert garnished with fresh fruit.

Surprise your family this Christmas with these decorative cookies that can bring out the holiday cheer in everyone.

Soft, cakey chocolate drop cookies topped with a rich homemade chocolate icing. Made with real unsweetened chocolate and optional pecans, this bakery-style recipe yields 3 dozen.

Old-fashioned butterscotch cream pie with a deep brown sugar custard, butter and vanilla finish, topped with fresh whipped cream. Classic American pastry-shop dessert from scratch.

Two layers of chocolate-mint cheesecake on a crushed Thin Mint cookie crust, finished with peppermint chocolate ganache. Girl Scout cookie season just became a year-round affair.