2,648 vanilla recipes

Soft, cakey chocolate drop cookies topped with a rich homemade chocolate icing. Made with real unsweetened chocolate and optional pecans, this bakery-style recipe yields 3 dozen.

No-bake cheesecake with cream cheese, sour cream, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust, topped with fresh strawberries. Only 10 minutes of prep, no oven required.

Chewy peanut butter bars stacked in three layers: a buttery cookie base, a gooey marshmallow middle, and a crunchy peanut butter, rice cereal, and peanut topping. A potluck and bake-sale crowd-pleaser.

Heavenly hash candy made with unsweetened chocolate, cream, marshmallows, roasted almonds, and pecans boiled to soft ball stage. A vintage chocolate fudge-style confection cut into squares.

Vintage white cake layered with toasted pecans and grated semi-sweet chocolate, finished with a glossy chocolate fudge frosting. A 1960s-era bake-off showstopper.

Ruby pears poached in Beaujolais wine with currant jelly, rosemary, vanilla bean, and whole cloves. Pressure cooked and chilled 24 hours for deep ruby color.

Baked rice pudding with red currant sauce features individual orange-scented custards topped with tart ruby-red currant puree. An elegant Scandinavian-inspired dessert.

Pudding cake roll is a light sponge cake rolled around vanilla pudding, dusted with powdered sugar. A lighter, Weight Watchers-friendly take on the classic Swiss roll.

Crispy cinnamon butter cookies topped with walnut halves, made from a simple slice-and-bake dough. Egg yolk-enriched for extra tenderness with warm spice in every bite.

Pink Dream cocktail: a creamy blended dessert drink with white creme de cacao, vodka, raspberry sherbet, and vanilla ice cream. A pink milkshake with a kick, ready in 5 minutes.

Princess Di's French toast spreads cream cheese between toasted egg bread slices before dipping in vanilla-cinnamon custard. A royal twist on a brunch classic.

No-bake milk chocolate fudge made with two kinds of chocolate chips, marshmallows, and sweetened condensed milk. Silky, rich, and ready to slice in just 2 hours of chill time.

Homemade marshmallows made with gelatin, sugar, and vanilla. Pillowy-soft, fluffier than anything from the store, and perfect for hot cocoa, s'mores, or gifting.

Polvorones: traditional Mexican pecan cookies made with butter and lard, spiced with cinnamon and anise seed. Sandy, crumbly, and sugar-coated.

Fudgy double chocolate brownies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate pieces, and crunchy walnuts. Rich, dense, and loaded with real chocolate flavor.

No-bake holiday almond treats with vanilla wafer crumbs, pumpkin puree, amaretto, cinnamon, and ground almonds. Rolled into balls and coated in toasted almonds.