444 vanilla ice cream recipes

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.

French gaufrette wafer cookies with whipped cream, vanilla, and powdered sugar, baked on a pizzelle iron. Crispy, delicate French wafers for ice cream cones or tea.

Simple apple crisp with tender cinnamon-spiced apples under a buttery golden crust ready in 40 minutes for an easy fall dessert that begs for vanilla ice cream.

I would strongly suggest using libby’s pumpkin puree. Semi sweet chips make for a more savory cookie and an excellent addition to a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

A double-crust caramel walnut pie: walnuts simmered into a reduced-cream caramel and sealed in a tender shortcrust, served a la mode with from-scratch vanilla bean ice cream. A restaurant-worthy dessert.

Homemade hot caramel sauce cooked to soft ball stage with butter, half-and-half, and vanilla. A thick, pourable dessert sauce for ice cream, cake, and apple dipping.

Rum-flamed bananas sauteed in butter with powdered and brown sugar, then ignited with a full cup of rum for a dramatic tableside dessert. Serve 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.

Fig ice cream made from fresh figs cooked into a puree and folded into a rich egg custard base with heavy cream, vanilla, and a splash of Cognac. A unique, honey-sweet frozen dessert.

Homemade spumoni with vanilla bean custard, whipped cream, maraschino cherries, candied orange peel, and slivered almonds frozen in a mold. Classic Italian ice cream dessert without a machine.

Thin, crispy butter wafer cookies with lemon extract, vanilla, and a pecan half pressed into each center. Delicate, elegant, and designed to pair with ice cream.

Cinnamon snack cake with apple cider sauce: a sour cream coffee cake with crumb topping, served warm with vanilla ice cream and warm cider sauce. The fall dessert that smells like Sunday afternoon.

Neapolitan cheesecake with three layers: strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate on a chocolate crumb crust. A showstopping ice-cream-inspired dessert in cheesecake form.

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.