2,648 vanilla recipes

Versatile Czech kolace dough made like pie crust with shortening, egg yolks, and yeast. Chills overnight, then rolls out on powdered sugar for filled pastries in any shape.

Fudgy brownies made with unsweetened chocolate and butter for an intensely rich, crackly-topped square. Simple pantry ingredients, optional walnuts, and a velvety batter.

Chocolate banana creme log with sliced banana layered with sweetened ricotta, drizzled with chocolate syrup, and topped with shredded coconut. A no-bake single-serving dessert in 10 minutes.

Chocolate coconut chewy cookies use sweetened condensed milk to bind dark chocolate, shredded coconut, and pecans. A 6-ingredient flourless cookie with macaroon chew and brownie depth.

No-bake chocolate pie made with melted Hershey's almond bars folded into whipped cream and chilled overnight. A four-ingredient dessert that turns candy bars into a silky chilled chocolate-almond mousse pie.

Old-fashioned Southern caramel nut frosting cooked to soft-ball stage with browned sugar for deep caramel flavor. Pecan-studded, glossy, and made for layer cakes.

Chocolate sugarplums are forgotten cookies: meringue rounds with chocolate chips that bake overnight in a turned-off oven. The residual heat slowly dries them into airy, crisp clouds with chewy chocolate centers.

Rocky road frosting with chocolate, miniature marshmallows, and salted peanuts folded into a buttercream base. The classic ice cream flavor turned into a chunky cake topping.

Easy orange chiffon cake uses an angel food cake mix as a shortcut to a fluffy, citrus-bright chiffon. Folded with whipped egg whites, fresh orange zest, and oil for that classic light-as-air texture.

Strawberry-corn pancakes fold fresh sliced strawberries into a yellow cornmeal-and-flour batter for breakfast pancakes with crisp, slightly gritty edges and bursts of berry. Ready in 20 minutes.

Saltine cracker torte folds crushed soda crackers and walnuts into stiffly beaten egg whites for a flourless meringue-style dessert topped with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.

Russian tea cakes (also called Mexican wedding cookies): buttery nut-studded shortbread balls rolled twice in powdered sugar. A classic holiday cookie tin staple in 30 minutes.

Old-world Czech kolachky yeast dough rolled in powdered sugar, filled with jam or cheese, and baked into delicate folded pastries. The classic Slavic holiday cookie.

Swedish apple pie with no bottom crust, just a self-forming buttery cake-like topping over diced apples and nuts. One-bowl dessert ready in under an hour.

Whipped cream frosting with raspberry sauce: sweetened whipped cream and a cornstarch-thickened raspberry coulis, both ready in under 20 minutes. A clean, fruity finish for cakes and desserts.

Creamy chocolate fudge made in the microwave with marshmallows, condensed milk, and chocolate chips. No candy thermometer needed. Makes 32 rich, smooth squares in just 10 minutes of hands-on time.