Vanilla

Make this versatile caramel at home with our slow-simmered method using milk and sugar—or take one of two sweetened condensed milk shortcuts.

My mother is not a baker, but she makes a spectacular lemon drizzle.

This creamy dessert is popular the world over for good reason; bonus: you can make it ahead.

Studded with fresh strawberries and sprinkled with crunchy sugar, these tender-crumbed strawberry muffins are the best bake to wake up to.

This Smith Island Cake recipe boasts eight layers of yellow cake covered in a blanket of chocolate ganache.

Buttermilk makes the chocolate cupcakes moist and fluffy, and using oil instead of butter means they keep well.

Caramel rolls are soft, plush, buttery, cinnamon-y, and drenched in caramel. Here’s my rendition of the Midwestern specialty.

Cowboy cookies are like oatmeal ones, but packed with hearty mix-ins like coconut, pecans, and chocolate.

This nut pie recipe with chocolate chips and bourbon keeps things simple and honors the hallmarks of a classic Derby pie.

Cool, creamy vanilla panna cotta is the simplest kind of dessert; it only needs a few minutes on the stove, and it sets all on its own in the refrigerator.

The freshest Italian butter cookies are the ones you bake at home. This butter cookie recipe gives you delicate almond-scented cookies in your favorite design.

This Louisiana Crunch Cake recipe uses shredded coconut and granulated sugar to obtain its crunchy exterior—a tasty contrast to the pound-cake-like interior. 

These triangular cookies—traditionally stuffed with poppy seed filling, but often with jam or jelly—are a signature of Purim.

Pick any sort of coffee or tea to turn this moreish cookie into a caffeinated treat fit for breakfast or dessert.

This decorated loaf cake delivers all of the drama and trappings of a traditional bûche de Noël with only a fraction of the work.

Malted milk powder adds toasty, caramel-like undertones to this warming winter drink. Splurge on a good vanilla, since its the primary flavoring here.

Think of this flexible biscotti recipe as a formula for whatever flavor of crunchy cookie you’re craving.

These shortbread-like cookies are tossed in a mixture of freeze-dried fruit pulverized with granulated sugar, coating the outsides in a fun blanket of fruity flavor.

These light-as-a-cloud vanilla meringue cookies are perfect for shipping and holiday gifting.