Recipes

You've never tasted true vanilla ice cream or creme brulee if you haven't used whole vanilla beans. Browse our listing of dozens of recipes using vanilla beans from the top gourmet cooking magazines. To navigate this page, either scroll down or click on a category:

Ice Creams & Sorbets
Cakes, Pies, Tarts & Tortes
Puddings, Custards, Flans & Creme Brulees
Cookies and Wafers
Crepes & Pancakes
Fruit Deserts
Other Deserts
Drinks
Flavored Sugars, Syrups, Jams & Marmalades

Ice Creams & Sorbets

Brown Bread Ice Cream (Bon Appetit)
Cherry-Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Cherry Sauce (Bon Appetit)
Chocolate Sorbet (Bon Appetit)
Double-Decker Rhubarb Ice Cream Sandwiches (Bon Appetit)
Lime-Vanilla Frozen Yogurt (Gourmet Magazine)
Nectarine Ice Cream (Gourmet Magazine)
Peach Ice Cream with Vanilla-Scented Peaches (Bon Appetit)
Pear Ice Cream with Spice Pear Compote (Bon Appetit)
Pineapple-Rum Ice Cream (Bon Apetit)
Sour Cream Ice Cream (Gourmet Magazine)
Strawberry Ice Cream (Bon Appetit)
Strawberry Sundaes with Creme Fraiche Ice Cream (Bon Appetit)
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (Gourmet Magazine)
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (Bon Appetit)
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Maple Caramel Sauce (Bon Appetit)

Cakes, Pies, Tarts & Tortes

Almond Meringue Torte with Praline Buttercream (Gourmet Magazine)
Apple Galette with Orange (Bon Appetit)
Dried Fruit Tart with Brandied Creme Anglaise (Gourmet Magazine)
Marvelous Murray's Kiwifruit Tart (Gourmet Magazine)
Pear and Pumpkin Pie (Gourmet Magazine)
Pineapple Tart (Gourmet Magazine)
Plum and Apricot Puff Pastry Tarts (Gourmet Magazine)
Summer Berry Basil Kissel (Gourmet Magazine)
Vanilla Bean Cheesecake with Cranberry Jewel Topping (Bon Appetit)
Vanilla Chiffon Cake with Chocolate Sorbet (Bon Appetit)
Vanilla Cream and Apricot Tart (Bon Appetit)

Puddings, Custards, Flans & Creme Brulees

Black and White Creme Brulee (Bon Appetit)
Coconut Creme Brulee (Gourmet Magazine)
Ginger and Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee (Bon Appetit)
Honey Vanilla Rice-Pudding Creme Brulee (Gourmet Magazine)
Lime Flan with Carmelized Pineapples (Bon Appetit)
Panna Cotta with Praline Caramel Sauce (Gourmet Magazine)
Panettone Bread and Butter Pudding (Gourmet Magazine)
The Perfect Flan (Bon Appetit)
Polenta Pudding with Blackberry Compote and Mascarpone Cream (Gourmet Magazine)
Rhubarb Rice Pudding (Gourmet Magazine)

Cookies and Wafers

Easy Vanilla Wafers (Bon Apetit)
Strawberry Pistachio Mille-Feuillantines (Gourmet Magazine)

Crepes & Pancakes

Pear and Vanilla Upside Down Pancake (Gourmet Magazine)
 Walnut Crepes with Raspberries and Dried Figs (Bon Appetit)

Fruit Deserts

Apricot Berry Trifle (Gourmet Magazine)
Caramel Pear Charlottes with Caramel Sauce (Gourmet Magazine)
Grapefruit and Banana Rum Gratins (Gourmet Magazine)
Honey Vanilla Poached Apricots (Gourmet Magazine)
Plums in White Peppercorn and Vanilla Syrup (Gourmet Magazine)
 Poached Peaches with Vanilla (Bon Appetit)
Roasted Spice Pears and Figs with Almonds (Gourmet Magazine)
 Star Anise Poached Pears (Bon Appetit)

Other Deserts

Apricot Souffles with Vanilla Run Creme Anglaise (Gourmet Magazine)
Chocolate and Prune Marquise with Armagnac Creme Anglaise (Gourmet Magazine)
Ginger Creme Anglaise (Gourmet Magazine)
Mexican Floating Island with Kahlua Custard Sauce and Sesame Pumpkin-Seed Brittle (Gourmet Magazine)

Flavored Sugars, Syrups, Jams & Marmalades

Five-Minute Spiced Orange Marmalade (Bon Appetit)
 Lemon Syrup (Gourmet Magazine)
Tangerine and Vanilla-Bean Marmalade (Bon Appetit)
 Vanilla Essence (Bon Appetit)
Vanilla Sugar (Bon Appetit)