Recipes with vanilla extract

Orange sugar cookies with orange flower water, fresh orange juice, and zest. Rolled thin, cut into shapes, and baked pale for decorating with icing.

Sour cream coffee cake swirled with cherry preserves and brightened with lemon zest. A dense, moist breakfast cake with no yeast required, ready in under an hour.

Soft chocolate oatmeal cookies made with cocoa, yogurt, and chocolate extract instead of butter. Low-fat, slightly puffy, and rich in chocolate flavor without the guilt.

Stirred custard sauce is a quick microwave crème anglaise with egg yolks, half and half, amaretto, and vanilla. Silky and ready to spoon over fresh fruit.

Microwave chocolate pots de crème made for two with German sweet chocolate, half-and-half, and egg yolks. Silky French custard, no oven, no water bath. Chills in the fridge.

Coconut lace cookies with corn syrup and brown sugar bake into thin, golden, web-like rounds with crisp caramelized edges. A fragile, old-school holiday cookie made from one bowl.

Granola and brown sugar give this cookie its crunch and rich flavor.

Granny's chocolate pie is an old-fashioned Southern stovetop cocoa custard pie with evaporated milk, finished with toasted meringue. The kind of pie that recipe-card heirlooms are made of.

New Jersey-style crumb cake with a thick, buttery cinnamon crumb topping over a soft yellow cake base. A bakery-worthy coffee cake with more crumbs than cake, dusted with powdered sugar.

New Jersey-style crumb cake with a thick, buttery cinnamon crumb topping over a soft yellow cake base. A bakery-worthy coffee cake with more crumbs than cake, dusted with powdered sugar.

Pecan tea cookies made with butter, powdered sugar, and nutmeg, topped with a pecan half and egg wash glaze. Dainty, tender bite-sized cookies perfect for tea parties.

This creamy and smooth cocoa orange mousse pie satisfies your palate without giving you too many calories by using nonfat ricotta cheese and whipped topping.

French apple pie with a thick applesauce and honey filling topped with concentric rings of sliced Granny Smith apples and a glossy apricot glaze. An elegant, low-fat tart-style pie.

Southern Japanese fruitcake with three layers: two plain butter cakes and one spiced with raisins and pecans, sandwiched with pineapple-lemon filling and coconut all around.

Low-calorie eggnog made with skim milk, beaten egg whites, and sugar-free sweetener. All the creamy holiday flavor without the guilt.

Wacky cake style chocolate layer cake made with no eggs, butter, or milk. A pantry-staple Depression-era recipe with deep cocoa flavor and a tender, fudgy crumb that's accidentally vegan.