7,302 vanilla extract recipes

Spiced prune walnut bread with simmered chopped prunes, cinnamon, cloves, and crunchy walnuts. Eggless quick bread with deep, jammy prune flavor and a tender whole wheat crumb.

Praline sauce made with dark brown sugar, toasted pecans, and vanilla, thickened with cornstarch and skim milk. A lighter take on the classic Southern dessert sauce.

Cinnamon raisin muffins with a farina-boosted crumb, brushed with fruit juice and rolled in sugar for a sparkly, sweet crust. Makes a dozen in 40 minutes.

Three layers of espresso-spiked chocolate: a fudgy brownie base, a brown sugar walnut filling with coffee granules, and a mocha chocolate drizzle on top. For serious coffee and chocolate lovers.

Sawmill cake with no eggs and no dairy, just cocoa, vinegar, and margarine for a moist, dark chocolate sheet cake. The Depression-era one-bowl dessert born from pantry shortages.

Mini pumpkin pies that bake crustless in a muffin tin with Bisquick standing in for pastry. Cream cheese gives the pumpkin filling a cheesecake-like richness. Twelve individual pies in 30 minutes.

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with coconut, dropped on wax paper and chilled to set. The classic stovetop fudge cluster, no oven required.

Triple chocolate brownie pie with cocoa, melty chocolate chips, and a fudgy gooey center. A crustless one-bowl pie that bakes dense, rich, and bakery-good with vanilla ice cream.

County fair banana pie with a chocolate chip layer on the bottom, rum-spiked banana cream filling, and whipped cream with chopped pecans. A blue-ribbon worthy layered banana cream pie.

Fudgy chocolate brownie cookies topped with pastel-colored frosting and sugar crystals. Loaded with semisweet chocolate chips and finished with rainbow icing for a festive, party-ready treat.

Chocolate angel food layer cake baked in heart-shape pans. Fat-free, cloud-light, cocoa-scented sponge made with egg whites and cake flour. No butter, no yolks.

Elvis Presley's pound cake with seven eggs, heavy cream, and cake flour started in a cold oven. A dense, buttery Southern pound cake with a velvety crumb and golden crust.

Peanut butter chiffon pie set with gelatin and aerated with whipped egg whites for a cloud-like texture. Proper old-school technique for the lightest peanut butter pie possible.

Rich chocolate mint cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, real mint, chopped nuts, and butter. Served chilled with chocolate glaze and sugared mint leaf garnish.

White chocolate cheesecake slices wrapped in buttery phyllo and baked crisp. A restaurant-style dessert with orange zest, finished with bright fruit purées.

Apple raisin walnut quick bread: diced apples, plump raisins and toasted walnuts in a buttermilk batter, topped with cinnamon sugar streusel. Makes two loaves perfect for fall gifting.