236 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.

Soft chocolate chip cookies made with prune puree instead of butter for moist, fudgy texture. Brown sugar and vanilla create rich flavor at just 145 calories per cookie.

Russian tea cakes (Mexican wedding cookies) with butter, almonds, and vanilla, baked low and slow then packed in powdered sugar. Tender, crumbly, and snow-white.

Almond crescent cookies, a classic holiday shortbread shaped into delicate crescents with chopped almonds, vanilla, and almond extract, rolled in powdered sugar after baking. Buttery, tender, slightly sandy.

Vanilla wafer walnut rum balls combine crushed cookies, ground walnuts, honey, and golden rum into bite-sized no-bake holiday treats rolled in powdered sugar. Five-ingredient Christmas classic.

Pumpkin whoopie pies sandwich pillowy spiced pumpkin cookies around fluffy vanilla filling. A New England fall classic with cinnamon, ginger, and clove warmth in every bite.

Buttery shortbread-style cookies studded with chocolate chips and slivered almonds, perfumed with both vanilla and almond extract. Eggless, no-fuss, and ready for any party tray.

Homemade fortune cookies you fill with your own messages, crisp almond-vanilla wafers folded into that classic crescent while warm. A fun DIY project for parties, gifts, and special occasions.

Dark rum balls made with crushed vanilla wafers, cocoa, nuts, and a generous pour of dark rum, rolled in powdered sugar. No-bake holiday cookie that improves with age in the tin.

Toasted blanched almonds fold into buttery shortbread dough spiked with Cognac and vanilla, then get dusted with powdered sugar while hot for these melt-away cookies with sophisticated European flair.

Light rum balls roll up in 5 minutes from ground walnuts, vanilla wafer crumbs, honey, and rum. No-bake holiday cookies that stash in a tin for over a month and only get better with age.

A sweet and delicious milkshake made with oreo cookies and a bit of mint.

Crispy vanilla rosettes fried on a decorative iron, then dipped in vanilla icing. Scandinavian holiday cookies that look like edible snowflakes. Yields 12 cookies.

Classic oatmeal raisin cookies with pecans and cinnamon. The secret is soaking raisins in beaten eggs and vanilla for an hour, producing plump fruit and extra-chewy cookies.

Cream filbert cookies with a whole hazelnut hidden inside each shortbread ball, glazed in vanilla icing and rolled in sugar. Vintage Pacific Northwest holiday cookie with a sweet crackly finish.

Traditional Italian taralli cookies shaped into rings, dipped in vanilla icing, and topped with sprinkles. A sweet, old-school Italian American cookie from Nonna's kitchen. Makes 24.