162 vanilla ice cream recipes

Apple crisp with double-layered apples and a buttery oat-cinnamon crumble, finished with a splash of apple juice for extra moisture. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream for a fall classic.

Classic Cherries Jubilee with sweet Bing cherries simmered in citrus-scented syrup, flambéed with cognac, and ladled over vanilla ice cream. Pure tableside drama in 25 minutes.

Rhubarb orange sauce: a tart-sweet sauce simmered from fresh rhubarb, orange juice, and sugar. Perfect with roast duck, pork, or poured warm over vanilla ice cream.

Hot cinnamon apple parfait layers warm spiced apples and golden raisins with crushed shortbread crumbs and vanilla ice cream. Comfort dessert that lands somewhere between apple crisp and sundae.

Warm fruit crisp loaded with sliced apples and plump raisins under a crunchy oat-pecan streusel. Soaking the raisins in boiling water keeps them tender. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Classic rhubarb pie with a lattice crust and orange pastry made by swapping water for orange juice in the dough. Tart, sweet, and best served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Light fluffy strawberry frozen yogurt made from strained yogurt cheese, fresh berries, vanilla, and whipped egg whites churned into a cloud-like dessert. Tangier and lighter than ice cream.

Homemade Kahlua: a rich coffee liqueur from a slow-simmered coffee syrup, vanilla and vodka. Cheaper than store-bought, make-ahead, and a great gift for cocktails or pouring over ice cream.

A 3-ingredient iced mocha made with cold brewed espresso, cocoa, and vanilla, topped with sweetened whipped cream. Comes together in minutes. Serves 4 tall glasses.

Peanut butter banana milkshake with rolled oats blended in for extra body and protein. A filling, creamy shake with honey and vanilla, no ice cream needed.

Simple Banana Milkshake blends ripe banana, milk, and vanilla into a smooth, creamy shake in 5 minutes. No ice cream needed - the ripe banana provides all the sweetness and body.

Preserved blueberries in orange liqueur syrup with fresh lavender flowers, canned in a boiling water bath. Spoon over vanilla ice cream, fold into yogurt, or gift a jar to someone who deserves something truly special.

A poke-style orange creamsicle cake made with orange cake mix, Jell-O, and a fluffy vanilla pudding-whipped topping frosting. Tastes just like the frozen treat from the ice cream truck.

Ramona's toasted almond is a creamy classic cocktail: coffee liqueur and amaretto poured over ice with milk. A smooth, dessert-like sip that tastes of coffee, almond, and vanilla cream.

Homemade maple syrup ice cream served in crisp sablé pastry barquettes with a maple custard sauce. A French-style plated dessert made from real vanilla beans and pure maple syrup.

Maple mocha topping made from whipped egg whites, maple syrup, instant coffee, and vanilla. A light, fluffy no-cook sauce for ice cream or angel food cake with zero fat.