Vanilla

The water bath insulates these custards from the dry heat of the oven to ensure a lush, creamy custard.

For this cream puffs recipe, if you don’t have any pastry bags handy, cut off the tops with a serrated knife and carefully spoon in the pastry cream.

This buttery, saucy delight of caramelized apples, flaky puff pastry, acidic apple cider vinegar, and floral vanilla beans is a true revelation.

Brownie-haters of the world, unite. These non-chocolate desserts are just for you.

This versatile cake, with a distinct vanilla flavor, is a crowd-pleaser and sure to become a go-to for any festive occasion.

Silky, with a texture somewhere between pudding and panna cotta—and no water bath required.

Slice into portions and freeze on a parchment-lined baking sheet the day of the party; serving dessert will be a cinch.

The caramelized milk jam makes for a decadent little sandwich, but these cookies from Måurice Luncheonette are amazingly good simply eaten on their own.

Let's be honest, when it comes to dessert we usually just want something with chocolate or vanilla—like one of these 20 sweet treats, for example

Once you master the technique for sufganiyot, you can fill the stuffed doughnuts with whatever you like, including this vanilla cream.

Forget the boxed version you grew up with. This yellow cake recipe gets a rich dark-chocolate frosting with a touch of tang thanks to sour cream. For the best presentation, it’s important to cut the cake layers evenly. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

It may look like a giant lunch-box treat, but an ultra-smooth ganache and a final flourish of crunchy sea salt make this one elegant cake.

There's nothing, um, vanilla about our homemade version of the classic. Of course, it also makes a great base for your favorite flavor upgrades. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

There's nothing quite as refreshing as this Thai iced tea recipe on a hot summer day.

Turning a coconut macaroon into a pyramid is a festive way to mix up your holiday cookie plate. One more reason to love this cookie? The dough is as forgiving as play-doh: if your pyramids aren’t just right, roll them back into a ball and start over. Just remember that the trick to making them is to go low and slow—both on the stove-top and in the oven—to prevent the egg whites from scrambling. Baking guru Dorie Greenspan named these triangular pink cookies after designer Gaby Basora’s fashion l …

This ice cream is delicious with pecan pie.

Layers of buttered and sugared phyllo pastry are molded in muffin tins to form the crisp crusts for these mini apple croustades.

This ice cream pairs brilliantly with about any fall-flavored pie you can imagine (apple! pecan! pumpkin!), but it's just as good served on its own.

You'll need a special mold for this canelé recipe.

A simple addition to the master dough results in deliciously scented rolls.