2,235 vanilla extract recipes

Christmas ribbon cookies made with a cookie press, featuring pink, green, and white striped dough. A festive butter cookie with lemon extract that makes about 60 cookies.

Homemade date syrup simmered from date sugar, water, vanilla, and cinnamon then blended smooth. A natural, high-fiber alternative to maple syrup or honey.

Creamy coffee mocha punch with chunks of chocolate and vanilla ice cream floating in chilled coffee, topped with almond-vanilla whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg.

Cream cheese snowflake cookies with lemon zest, topped with powdered sugar icing and edible glitter. Delicate, buttery Christmas cutout cookies that sparkle.

Mother's Christmas cheese cakes: cream cheese pastry tartlets with two fillings, one pecan-brown sugar and one coconut-vanilla. A classic holiday cookie tin stalwart.

Mont Blanc dessert: a crisp meringue base ringed with piped vanilla-chestnut puree vermicelli and crowned with vanilla cream and grated dark chocolate. The classic French patisserie centerpiece.

Matzo meal cookies with coconut and brown sugar, baked until rich brown and filled with jam centers. A Passover-friendly cookie with no flour, no eggs, no leavening.

Glossy dark chocolate glaze with melted chocolate, butter, and corn syrup. Pours smooth over cake layers and sets with a mirror-like sheen. Press chopped nuts into the sides for a bakery finish.

Rich chocolate brownies topped with a lemon-chocolate frosting loaded with chopped pecans. The lemon juice in the frosting adds a bright, unexpected twist to fudgy brownies.

Pecan angel pie folds toasty pecans and graham cracker crumbs into stiff meringue, then bakes into a chewy-crisp dessert topped with whipped cream or ice cream. No flour, no fat in the base, just nuts and crumbs holding sweet meringue together.

Microwave dark chocolate fudge made with corn syrup, evaporated milk, chocolate chips, walnuts, and powdered sugar. No candy thermometer, no soft-ball stage, just 3 minutes in the microwave to creamy fudge.

Butterscotch fudge: a no-thermometer fudge made with butterscotch chips, marshmallow creme, evaporated milk, and chopped pecans. Cuts into 81 squares for cookie trays and bake sales.

Minnie Pearls are no-bake pink cookie bars loaded with coconut, almonds, and graham crumbs, bound with butter and powdered sugar and tinted rosy. Just mix, chill, and cut, no oven required.

Homemade hot fudge sauce with unsweetened and semi-sweet chocolate, butter, corn syrup, and vanilla. A thick, glossy ice cream topping ready in 20 minutes.

Moist, spiced fruit cake loaves sweetened naturally with boiled raisins and unsweetened applesauce, plus just a touch of liquid sweetener. Warm cinnamon and nutmeg fill every slice. A diabetic-friendly take on a holiday classic.

Sour cream coffee cake with a brown sugar, cinnamon, and nut streusel swirled through the center and on top. A classic tube pan breakfast cake that's tender and rich.