But here’s the thing: When it comes to cookies ... scratch. As the author of this story, one year I spent a whole summer investigating and trying out a bunch of chocolate chip cookie recipes ...

Pastry Chef Natasha Pickowicz loves simple vanilla cookies like these. Vanilla, a notoriously difficult product to grow and source, really shines in this recipe, making the quality especially ...

or artificial vanilla extract. If you’ve made chocolate chip cookies or a birthday cake from scratch, chances are the recipe called for vanilla extract. This ingredient is typically used in ...

Learn how to make vanilla wafers and sweet, vanilla-flavored, crunchy cookies. Vanilla wafers are most known for pairing with ...