8,128 vanilla recipes

Lincoln almond cake: a tall white butter cake with chopped blanched almonds folded through, lifted by stiff-beaten egg whites and baked in a bundt pan. Tender, fragrant, snowy-white.

White chocolate coconut truffles with shredded coconut, a splash of coconut liqueur, and a creamy white chocolate ganache center. Easy make-ahead holiday candy.

Spiced pizzelles flavor the classic Italian wafer cookie with warm nutmeg and floral cardamom. Crisp, lacy, and lightly spiced, perfect for stacking on a holiday cookie tray or sandwiching with mascarpone.

Chocolate pecan shortbread cookies, food-processor easy. Cocoa-rich shortbread pressed thin and topped with crystal sugar and ground pecans for crunch.

Hot fudge pie: a crustless chocolate brownie-pie hybrid baked until the center stays gooey and molten. Five minutes of prep, served warm with ice cream.

Koulourakia me sousame are traditional Greek sesame cookies with a tender, slightly crisp crumb and toasty browned-butter aroma. Each twist is rolled in sesame seeds for nutty crunch in every bite.

No-bake chocolate peanut butter oat cookies, also called Buffalo Chips or No-Bakes. Stovetop fudgy cookies that set up on wax paper in an hour. No oven required.

Mocha nut butter balls: melt-in-your-mouth Russian tea cake-style cookies upgraded with cocoa, instant coffee, and toasted walnuts. Rolled in powdered sugar while warm for the signature snowy coat.

Refrigerator cookies pack chopped dates, shredded coconut, and walnuts into a buttery slice-and-bake log rolled in extra nuts. Make-ahead icebox cookies for holiday baking or anytime.

Mocha icing whips butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, egg yolk, and coffee into a silky chocolate-coffee frosting for cakes and cupcakes. Three-ingredient base, ready in minutes.

Benne seed cookies, the historic Charleston specialty. Toasted sesame seeds folded into a brown sugar dough for thin, crisp, caramel-edged Lowcountry cookies.

Slice-and-bake walnut refrigerator cookies with brown sugar and toasted walnuts in a buttery dough. Roll into logs, chill overnight, slice thin, and bake fresh whenever the craving hits.

Fluffy white layer cake made with egg whites only, butter creamed light with sugar, and a tender milk-based crumb. The classic wedding and birthday cake base.

Butterscotch brownies (blondies) made by melting butter with brown sugar for that toffee-deep flavor, then folding in nuts for crunch. One bowl, 25 minutes, and a chewy fudgy texture that beats any boxed mix.

Chocolate marshmallow fudge made with marshmallow cream, evaporated milk, and chocolate chips for foolproof creamy fudge every time. A massive 60-piece batch perfect for holiday gifting.

Impossible coconut pie: a self-crusting blender pie that magically separates into a crust on the bottom, custard in the middle, and toasted coconut on top. No pastry, no rolling, just pour and bake.