Recipes with vanilla extract

Mocha icebox cake layers ladyfingers with a silky coffee custard filling, then chills overnight into a sliceable, cake-like dessert. Topped with sweetened whipped cream for an old-fashioned coffee lover's treat.

Cornmeal cookies blend stone-ground cornmeal with flour for a sandy, slightly crunchy crumb. Studded with dried cherries or raisins and warmed with nutmeg. An Italian-American Christmas tin staple.

Three-layer pecan fudge cake made with unsweetened chocolate in both the batter and frosting. Rich, dense, and loaded with chopped pecans throughout.

Make buttery and delicious butter cookies with this baci butter cookie dough. It's easy to make and takes no time.

Heath bar cookie bars with crushed toffee candy, pecans, and brown sugar in a streusel-topped batter baked in a pan. A chewy, butterscotch-flavored bar cookie with candy crunch.

Strufoli are tiny Italian fried dough balls drizzled with warm honey and topped with rainbow sprinkles. A classic Neapolitan Christmas dessert shaped into a festive mound or wreath.

Chocolate red beet cake: deep cocoa cake with mashed beets baked into a moist, tender crumb you'd never guess was hiding a vegetable. An old-school secret-ingredient cake.

The perfect holiday bread that is great plain or toasted!

True old-fashioned chocolate fudge cooked to soft ball stage with unsweetened chocolate, milk, and corn syrup. Smooth, creamy, and made the traditional way.

Georgia peanut butter pie baked with a light, fluffy filling made from whipped egg whites folded into peanut butter custard, topped with whipped cream and chopped peanuts.

Mrs. Fields pumpkin spice cookies with dark brown sugar, plump raisins, and toasted walnuts. Soft, cakey, and packed with warm fall spice. A copycat worth making.

Silver and gold angel food cake: a marbled tube cake swirling pale angel food whites with golden orange-yolk batter for a striking sliced reveal. Light, airy, and ready for fresh strawberries.

Moist zucchini bread loaded with grated summer squash, brown sugar, cinnamon, and oil for a soft, never-dry crumb. Makes two freezer-friendly loaves, the classic late-summer use for garden zucchini.

Old fashioned sweet potato meringue pie tops a spiced sweet potato custard with fluffy toasted meringue peaks. A Southern Thanksgiving dessert that beats pumpkin pie at its own game.

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.

Toasting the oats for this hearty muffin enhances their nutty flavor; orange zest contributes a citrus fragrance that plays well with the sweet dates.