7,927 vanilla recipes

NOTE: I think paste food color works better than liquid food coloring when tinting cookie dough. It's available in specialty markets and some party stores. Be careful: A little goes a long, long way.

Chewy cocoa brownies studded with crunchy nuts combine fudgy chocolate flavor with textural contrast in every bite.

Rich and fudgy brownies with a delightful frosting. You'd never know they contained zucchini!

Poppyseed and nut filling for hamantaschen blends ground poppy seeds with chopped nuts, raisins, citron, and milk into a thick, jewel-toned paste. The traditional mohn filling for Purim cookies.

Super chocolaty brownies baked sheet-pan style with a pound each of bittersweet chocolate and butter, eight eggs, and a 24-hour rest before slicing into 2-inch squares.

Oversized chocolate chip cookies baked low and slow to giant lemon-sized rounds. Buttery, crisp-edged with chocolate chunks and pecans. Special-occasion bakery-style cookies.

Soft and delicious. I made half of the dough with both dark and golden raisins (soaked & drained) and the other with dried cranberries and chopped walnuts. Perfect.

Big-batch California brownies with walnuts and optional candied orange peel. Fudgy chocolate brownies that bake in two pans for parties, bake sales or freezer stock.

Chocolate cake is a common desert. It’s quick easy and delicious. This chocolate cake will delight you! Try it.

Cut-out sugar cookies with vanilla and almond extract. Buttery, soft-set centers with crisp edges. Roll, cut into flowers or shapes, decorate with icing for any occasion.

Old fashioned oatmeal raisin cookies with chopped walnuts, dark brown sugar for chew, and toasty oats. A classic drop cookie that bakes up crisp at the edges and tender in the middle.

Blueberry cheesecake bakes a velvety vanilla cream cheese filling on a buttery graham crust, crowned with sweet blueberry topping. A no-fuss potluck dessert that always disappears.

Banana and pineapple make the bread taste super moist and flavorful. Lots of yumminess and goodness.

Norwegian sandbakkels rolled-out sugar cookies with a buttery, sandy crumb. A traditional Scandinavian holiday cookie that bakes up crisp and tender.

Maple syrup pecan pie skips the corn syrup entirely and sweetens with a full cup of pure maple. Brown sugar deepens the caramel notes. Toasted pecans and a flaky crust complete the New England-style Thanksgiving pie.

These addictively delicious cookie balls are made with oats, creamy peanut butter, cocoa powder, coconut flakes and honey. Unlike those store-bought unhealthy cousins, these cookie balls not only taste great, but also good for you.