8,128 vanilla recipes

Chocolate spritz cookies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate chips in the dough, pressed through a cookie press and topped with red cinnamon candies. Makes about 7 1/2 dozen.

No-bake peanut butter oatmeal cookies with chopped peanuts. A stovetop candy-cookie hybrid cooked to soft ball stage then dropped onto waxed paper to set. No oven needed.

The famous "Better Than Sex" chocolate cake: box mix doctored with pudding, sour cream, real coffee, chocolate chips, and toasted pecans. Tube-baked and drizzled with a glossy chocolate glaze.

Homemade Grape-Nuts cereal from scratch using whole wheat flour, brown sugar, buttermilk, and maple flavoring. Bake, crumble, and dry for crunchy, nutty cereal you control.

A rich chocolate bar cake made with melted chocolate candy bars and chocolate syrup for double chocolate depth, plus buttermilk for a tender crumb and pecans for crunch. Baked in a tube pan, no frosting needed.

Mexican polvorones, crumbly cinnamon shortbread cookies coated in a chocolate-cinnamon sugar. Baked low and slow for a melt-in-your-mouth traditional Mexican cookie.

Mint cheesecake with chopped Junior Mints baked into a creamy vanilla filling on a buttery graham cracker crust. Cool, minty chocolate pockets in every rich, velvety slice.

No-bake chocolate cream cake layered with chocolate wafer cookies, vanilla whipped cream, and fresh strawberries. Refrigerate 8 hours and the cookies soften into cake-like layers.

Chocolate peanut butter ribbon fudge: layers of creamy chocolate fudge sandwiching a sweet peanut butter ribbon. A no-fail marshmallow cream fudge with bakery-counter appeal.

Wendy Lindsey of Wauwatosa sent this winning no-bake cookie, which any date and coconut lover will find irresistible.

Dense, moist German apple cake loaded with four cups of sliced Pippin apples, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. A fall baking favorite.

Malted coconut marble cake baked in a tube pan with swirled vanilla and chocolate malt batters, topped with coconut frosting browned under the broiler. A retro bakery-style cake with a toasty malt flavor.

Layered toffee cake with angel food cake split into three layers, filled and frosted with caramel whipped cream, and covered in crushed Heath bars. No baking required.

Soft, fudgy chocolate cookies with cocoa and mini chocolate chips, made with cream cheese for an impossibly chewy texture. Just 8 minutes in the oven and you've got 32 eggless cookies.

Biscotti di Prato (cantucci) with whole roasted almonds and ground almond flour for that authentic Tuscan crunch. The classic twice-baked Italian cookie meant for dunking in vin santo or coffee.

Drop sugar cookies with cardamom or nutmeg, soft and tender with lightly browned edges. No rolling or chilling needed. Makes six dozen and freezes beautifully.