1,880 vanilla wafer recipes

Thin, crispy slice-and-bake cookies with shredded coconut and walnuts. A refrigerator cookie dough you roll, chill, and slice into wafer-thin rounds that bake up snappy in 10 minutes. Makes 48.

Simple but irresistible, this cake is great for dessert after dinner.

Make your life divine with this dish made of egg whites, pecans and corn syrup.

Crazy chocolate cake made with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Vinegar and baking soda create the lift in this one-bowl Depression-era recipe that bakes up surprisingly moist and rich.

Roll-and-cut sugar cookies painted with egg yolk food coloring before baking. A fun decorating activity for kids with a crisp, golden result every time.

Baked apple French toast casserole with caramelized brown sugar apples on the bottom and custard-soaked bread on top. Make it the night before and bake for a hands-free brunch.

Eggless cocoa cake made with no butter, milk, or eggs. A depression-era style chocolate cake using vinegar and baking soda for lift, baked in a tube pan. Naturally vegan.

Old-fashioned divinity candy with fluffy egg whites, crunchy pecans, and vanilla. This no-bake Southern classic melts on your tongue and comes together with just a few pantry staples.

Fluffy marshmallow icing made with a hot sugar syrup, beaten egg white, and melted marshmallows. A billowy, cloud-like frosting that spreads smooth and sets with a soft, glossy finish.

Ice cream pie with a self-forming spice cake crust that collapses into a pie shell as it bakes. Filled with maple nut or cinnamon ice cream and frozen until firm.

Delicate tulip-shaped cookie cups made from a thin butter and egg white batter, molded while warm over a glass. Fill with ice cream, sherbet, or fresh fruit.

Peach ice cream crown cake stacks vanilla ice cream and ladyfingers in a springform mold, finished with sliced peaches and a glossy white wine sauce. A no-bake summer showstopper.

Crazy cake (also called wacky cake or depression cake) needs no eggs, no milk, no butter. Mixed straight in the pan with vinegar for chemistry-class lift. A Depression-era favorite.

Chocolate leaf pie with a flaky shortening crust and a smooth chocolate filling made from heavy cream, real vanilla bean and melted chocolate. The top crust is cut into vein-etched leaves for a showpiece finish.

Clubwoman's Cake, a Depression-era egg-free and dairy-free chocolate cake made with vinegar and oil. A pantry-staples cake that mixes in one bowl with a fork and bakes up moist in 30 minutes.

White chocolate sorbet with dark chocolate chips and a whisper of creme de cassis. A dairy-free frozen dessert with deep cocoa-butter richness and bright black-currant lift.