Vanilla

These irresistible recipes include creamy vanilla-and-cranberry panna cotta parfaits and airy vanilla-scented beignets.

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

This exceptionally creamy ice cream relies on two unexpected ingredients: corn starch (to help thicken it) and cream cheese (to make it scoopable).

Ice Cream Recipes

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Chocolate-Dipped Vanilla Caramels

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F&W's Grace Parisi experiments with ever-versatile caramel to make these chewy candies.

Chocolate Candies

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Vanilla Semifreddo and Orange Sorbet Terrine

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Reminiscent of a Creamsicle, this creamy, tangy terrine can be made with a shortcut: store-bought orange sorbet.

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Vanilla Crescents

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Incredibly, these light, crispy and fragrant crescent cookies require only five ingredients to make.

Delicious Cookie Recipes

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Vanilla Bean-Whipped Sweet Potatoes

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New York chef Gerry Hayden, a friend of Michael Mina, was staying with the family one Christmas and contributed this side dish to the holiday meal. Everybody fell for the combination of creamy pureed potato and fragrant vanilla.

Quick Side Dishes

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Vanilla and Cranberry Panna Cotta Parfaits

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This dessert is made up of two elements—creamy vanilla panna cotta and a clear cranberry jelly. Alison Attenborough created a graphic look by tilting the plastic glasses at a 45-degree angle as the first two layers are poured and allowed to set.

Cranberry Recipes

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Buttery Vanilla Shortbread

Lucy Schaeffer

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The shortbread can be stored in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Delicious Cookie Recipes

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Vanilla-Scented Beignets

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Gerald Hirigoyen's airy beignets (doughnuts) can be deep-fried a few hours in advance and recrisped in the oven just before serving.

More Great, Quick Desserts

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Vanilla-and-Cider Panna Cottas with Spiced Ginger Cookies

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Shawn McClain tops his cinnamon-and-vanilla-flavored panna cotta with an elegant apple-cider gelée. He equates the dessert to a Creamsicle because it successfully combines creamy and tangy flavors.

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Vanilla Old-Fashioned

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"We use Madagascan or Tahitian vanilla beans in our cocktails," says Mas co-owner Thomas Wilson. "They are extraordinarily expensive but really make the drink."

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Gale Gand's Sugar-Dusted Vanilla Ricotta Fritters

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Gale Gand, an F&W Best New Chef 1994, is the executive pastry chef and a partner at Tru in Chicago. She's also the host of Food Network's Sweet Dreams. Her follow-up to the cookbook Gale Gand's Short + Sweet is a collection of recipes from Tru. Gand got this recipe from her mother-in-law, Vita Seidita; the fritters are also good sprinkled with cinnamon sugar or dipped in jelly.

Great Ricotta Recipes

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Vanilla Zabaglione with Raspberries

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The ethereal Italian dessert sauce zabaglione (known in French as sabayon) consists of egg yolks beaten with sugar and the Sicilian fortified dessert wine Marsala. Steeping vanilla seeds in the Marsala adds lovely flavor; folding in whipped cream increases the decadence factor.

Amazing Fruit Desserts

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Vanilla Extract

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Some vanilla extract recipes call for rum or brandy, but Rachael Narins and Suzanne Griswold prefer vodka because the neutral spirit lets the vanilla flavor shine through. Their bean of choice is Mexican. "It's more local for us," says Narins. "It also has a spicy, robust flavor that's great in extract."

Easy Food Gifts

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Vanilla Tapioca Pudding

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Chef Louis Lambert believes that the best way to finish off a spicy meal is with a cool and creamy custard. He combined his grandmother's tapioca recipe and his own recipe for crème brûlée to make this super-rich pudding.

Pudding Recipes

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Yellow Layer Cake with Vanilla Frosting

Fredrika Stjärne

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This incredibly simple recipe from Grace Parisi makes a great summer dessert.

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Vanilla-Orange Flan

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This thick, creamy flan—Jose Garces's mother's recipe—is a staple in his household. Garces likes to serve it alongside a refreshing salad of melon and citrus.

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

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Chocolate-Dipped Vanilla Caramels

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Vanilla Semifreddo and Orange Sorbet Terrine

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Vanilla Crescents

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Vanilla Bean-Whipped Sweet Potatoes

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Vanilla and Cranberry Panna Cotta Parfaits

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Buttery Vanilla Shortbread

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Vanilla-Scented Beignets

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Vanilla-and-Cider Panna Cottas with Spiced Ginger Cookies

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Vanilla Old-Fashioned

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Gale Gand's Sugar-Dusted Vanilla Ricotta Fritters

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Vanilla Zabaglione with Raspberries

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Vanilla Extract

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Vanilla Tapioca Pudding

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Yellow Layer Cake with Vanilla Frosting

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Vanilla-Orange Flan

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