1,343 vanilla extract recipes

Classic chocolate sheet cake with cinnamon and vinegar in the batter, topped with warm cocoa icing poured over the hot cake so it soaks into every prick-marked inch.

Chocolate sheet cake (Texas sheet cake) with hot cocoa-buttermilk batter and a poured cocoa-buttermilk icing finished while the cake is still hot. The Southern church-supper crowd-feeder cut into 24 squares.

Gramma's chocolate cookies are old-school cake-style cookies: soft, pillowy, brown sugar deep, then topped with a glossy chocolate icing. Walnuts add crunch to a tender, milk-and-cocoa crumb.

Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies with creamy vanilla buttercream filling. Better than Oreos with the option to tint half the filling pink or green with peppermint for Valentine's Day.

Chocolate greeting card cake: a moist sour cream chocolate sheet cake ready to decorate with frosting lettering for birthdays, anniversaries, or get-well wishes. Classic, personalizable, and crowd-sized.

Kahlua brownies with melted unsweetened chocolate, coffee liqueur, and instant coffee in the batter, topped with a boiled chocolate icing and scattered chocolate chips. Triple chocolate and coffee in every bite.

Billy goats are soft date and nut cookies, sometimes called "rocks" due to their shape after baking. Children love them.

From-scratch devil's food cake with boiling water for intense chocolate depth, topped with a fudge frosting made from melted semi-sweet chocolate and butter.

Oat bran raisin cookies with rolled oats, brown sugar, walnuts, and the option to swap raisins for chocolate chips. A hearty, fiber-rich drop cookie with a chewy texture.

Authentic Tuscan almond biscotti twice-baked until crisp and golden. A traditional Italian cookie with toasted almonds, almond extract, and an egg wash finish.

Crazy chocolate cake made with no eggs, no butter, and no milk. Vinegar and baking soda create the lift in this one-bowl Depression-era recipe that bakes up surprisingly moist and rich.

A chocolate cherry upside-down cake made without eggs or butter. Cherry pie filling bakes under a rich cocoa batter, then gets flipped for a stunning glossy cherry top.

No-bake chocolate oat cookies rolled in powdered sugar. Just 6 ingredients mixed together and chilled overnight for fudgy, truffle-like bites with zero oven time.

Homemade hot fudge sauce with unsweetened chocolate, butter, and vanilla cooked into a thick, glossy pour. A 6-ingredient stovetop fudge sauce ready in 30 minutes.

Finnish pecan balls (Finnish snowballs) made with butter, cake flour, and toasted pecans, rolled twice in powdered sugar for a melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie.

Pecan butter balls made with chopped pecans, butter, and vanilla, baked until sandy and tender. A classic Southern cookie for holiday tins and gift boxes.