1,445 vanilla extract recipes

Classic Southern sweet potato pie with a spiced, custard-like filling made from fresh sweet potatoes, brown sugar, nutmeg, and vanilla in a flaky crust. A holiday staple.

Napoleon's Hat cookies are Scandinavian butter cookies shaped like tricorn hats with a ground almond meringue filling peeking from the top. A traditional Swedish holiday cookie.

Polvorones: traditional Mexican pecan cookies made with butter and lard, spiced with cinnamon and anise seed. Sandy, crumbly, and sugar-coated.

Cloud-light chocolate angel food cake that's fat-free and cholesterol-free, leavened entirely by whipped egg whites and flavored with cocoa. An airy, guilt-light dessert with deep chocolate flavor.

Cherry cheesecake pie with tart red cherries baked under a creamy vanilla cream cheese topping in a pie shell. Almond extract adds a subtle, fragrant finish. Two desserts in one.

Elegant almond paste cookies piped into logs, baked until golden, then dipped in chocolate and chopped almonds. Bakery-style treats perfect for gift-giving.

Flourless chocolate Chambord cake: a dense, fudgy dark chocolate cake spiked with black raspberry liqueur. Gluten-free dessert for Valentine's Day, dinner parties, or anytime indulgence.

No-bake marble fudge swirled with peanut butter and melted chocolate chips in a base of butter, corn syrup, and powdered sugar. Six ingredients and no candy thermometer for a quick, creamy confection.

These are extremely low in fat, and the taste is more slightly bitter dark chocolate than the milk-chocolate sweet of most brownies, however if you love chocolate, they're a great treat!

Italian-style almond coca cookies with a hidden whole almond at the heart, half rolled in cocoa powder and half in powdered sugar. Two-tone cookies with chopped almonds in the dough for double texture.

Chocolate oat snack cake made in the microwave with brown sugar, walnuts, and a melted chocolate chip topping. Dense, chewy, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Two-layer banana cake studded with chopped Butterfinger bars, spiked with dark rum, and coated in a glossy semisweet chocolate ganache. A showstopper that can be made 2 days ahead.

Peach tres leches cake soaked in three milks and peach schnapps, topped with star anise and cinnamon poached peaches, vanilla whipped cream, and crispy meringue strips.

Apple cheesecake with cinnamon-sugar apple topping over creamy cheesecake filling on a graham cracker crust, finished with chopped pecans. Fall-flavored dessert that bakes in one pan.

Cream cheese bars with a Bisquick brown sugar walnut crust and a tangy lemon-cream cheese filling. Streusel-topped, easy weeknight dessert ready in 65 minutes.

Rich chocolate cake made with a full cup of cocoa bloomed in boiling water, plus a strawberry shortcake variation with whipped cream and drizzled melted chocolate.