Recipes with vanilla extract

Coca-Cola cake is a moist Southern chocolate sheet cake made with real cola and miniature marshmallows that melt and float to the top as it bakes. Rich, fudgy, and old-fashioned in the best way.

This co-winner in the filled-cookie category from Dorothy O'Neill of Whitefish Bay makes a delicate, crispy cookie. Dipping in chocolate and nuts adds flavor and texture.

Mississippi mud cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with melted unsweetened chocolate, instant pudding and a generous pour of milk. Dark, dense and impossibly moist, dusted with confectioners' sugar.

Whole wheat apple coffee cake with currants, toasted walnuts, apple butter, and warm spices. Made lighter with egg whites and canola oil, topped with a sugar crust.

Low-fat raspberry cheesecake with a buttery walnut crust, fluffy marshmallow filling, and jewel-toned berry glaze that cuts back on guilt without sacrificing creamy indulgence.

Raspberry chocolate cheesecake in a chocolate wafer crust, topped with fudge sauce and fresh berries. A quick bake with a stunning layered presentation.

M&M cookie pizza made with an oatmeal cookie base, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts, topped with colorful M&Ms. A giant cookie baked in round cake pans and sliced like pizza.

Rocky road brownies hide whole marshmallows inside fudgy chocolate-walnut brownies. Bake until the marshmallows melt into chewy pockets throughout. A serious upgrade on the classic ice cream flavor.

Banana caramel pie pours a brown sugar custard into a baked shell, then crowns it with sliced ripe bananas and softly whipped cream. The make-ahead dessert that tastes like banana pudding meets pie.

Crispy drop cookies built around your choice of cereal flakes (oat, bran, or Grape Nut). A pantry-friendly cookie that turns breakfast cereal into chewy, golden treats.

Chewy chocolate chip cookies with powdered oats, grated chocolate bar, and chocolate chips for triple chocolate intensity. A big-batch recipe that makes five dozen.

Homemade chocolate caramels with unsweetened chocolate, cream, and brown sugar cooked to firm ball stage. Rich, chewy candy poured over chopped nuts and cut into squares.

Light fudge brownie sundae with a self-saucing chocolate cake baked over a built-in fudge layer, topped with frozen yogurt. A reduced-fat dessert that uses applesauce in place of butter.

Easy one-layer chocolate cake made with melted unsweetened chocolate, applesauce, and pecans. Dense, fudgy, and finished with a simple dusting of powdered sugar.

Microwave Peanut Butter and Kisses Layer Pie recipe

Big white soft sugar cookies with buttermilk, nutmeg, and raisins that stay pale, pillowy, and cakelike. An overnight-chilled batter baked just 5 minutes for the softest cookie you'll ever make.