Recipes with vanilla extract

Classic cowgirl cookies: hearty oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with rolled oats, brown sugar, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Big-batch recipe makes 4 dozen.

Banana ginger bran muffins with ground and crystallized ginger, oat bran, ripe banana, and a tart lemon glaze. A double-ginger muffin with whole wheat flour and high fiber.

Moist, chocolaty and creamy, these brownies melt in your mouth.

A spiced Bundt cake studded with Italian prune-plums and walnuts, laced with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, then finished with a mocha-cocoa frosting. A stunning fall dessert.

Banana oatmeal pecan bread with whole wheat flour, rolled oats, ripe bananas, honey, and a generous cup of broken pecans. A hearty quickbread with no white sugar.

Cowboy cookies loaded with old-fashioned rolled oats and semi-sweet chocolate chips, made big-batch style with butter, dark brown sugar, and three eggs. Hearty, chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that hold up in lunchboxes.

Who doesn't like coffee?! Love the aroma roasting flavor from the coffee beans, and you can enjoy it hot or cold. There are so many ways to make delicious coffee, such as this frozen mochaccino. Easy and tastes amazingly refreshing. Instead of starbucks, start to make your own. Not only help you save money, you will also fall in love with it!

Enjoy summer with a bowl of this rich ice cream that doesn't take long to make! Great with fresh fruit or nuts.

Texas brownie cake, a thin and fudgy sheet cake with a boiled cocoa-butter batter poured over flour, finished with warm chocolate icing and chopped pecans. The Lone Star State's answer to a sheet pan dessert.

Backpack banana bran muffins are portable, fiber-rich snacks made with ripe bananas, bran cereal, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Sturdy enough to survive a school lunch or hike, soft enough to enjoy.

Apricot brandy pound cake with sour cream, four extracts, and a fragrant boozy crumb. A tall tube-pan cake with a tight golden crust and tender, custardy interior.

These donuts are healthier as they're baked not fried. Glaze or roll in cinnamon sugar.

No sophisticated baking skills are required to make this super fruity and delicious galette. Slice up the plums and strawberries, roughly roll the dough into a round, placed the fruits over the dough, rustically fold the edges around the fruits. How simple is that, and it tastes absolutely delicious!

Mom's best oatmeal cookies bake up chewy in 8 minutes or crisp in 10, with three cups of oats, brown sugar warmth, and a whisper of cinnamon and nutmeg. The classic everyday cookie jar bake.

Classic chocolate whoopie pies with two soft cocoa cake rounds sandwiching a fluffy marshmallow buttercream filling. The Pennsylvania Dutch lunchbox favorite that freezes beautifully.

Danish puff: a tender pastry base spread with an almond choux topping that bakes crisp, then settles into a soft, custardy layer under a sugar glaze. An impressive pastry from pantry staples.