6 easy vanilla cookie recipes

Soft and chewy Bisquick Oatmeal Raisin Cookies made with rolled oats, raisins, and a hint of vanilla. Easy recipe, ready in under 30 minutes.

Easy sugar cookies you simply roll into balls and bake, no chilling and no cookie cutters. Soft, buttery, vanilla-scented cookies from pantry staples, golden at the edges and ready in under half an hour.

Checkerboard cookies made easy with a fudge marble cake mix: build a black-and-white checkerboard from vanilla and chocolate dough strips, chill, slice and bake. A showy slice-and-bake cookie without the fuss.

Microwave black bottom pie II with chocolate cookie crumb crust, vanilla pudding spiked with creme de cacao, and a fold of whipped cream. Easy chilled dessert that skips the oven entirely.

Easy fig pie made by crumbling fig cookies into vanilla pudding with molasses and warm spices. Poured into a pie shell and topped with whipped cream. No fresh figs needed.

Softened vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt gets folded with fresh or frozen cherries, then piled into a chocolate cookie crust and frozen until firm for an easy no-bake dessert.