Vanilla Cookies with Vanilla Bean Glaze Recipe

Tempt everyone with melt-in-your-mouth vanilla cookies with vanilla bean glaze. These heavenly bites are a very vanilla version of Italian wedding cookies and the perfect treat to welcome spring!

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These vanilla cookies are sooo good! Ever inhale a bottle of vanilla and wish you could drink it? These cookies are bursting with a double dose of vanilla and literally melt in your mouth. Promise you won’t be able to eat just one!

Food trends come and go, but cookies are always on point. These vanilla cookies with vanilla bean glaze are velvety soft with a slight chew. Despite their dainty appearance, these cookies will be devoured by men, women and children alike!

This recipe yields about 6 dozen cookies, which makes it ideal for bringing to an event or sharing with loved ones. My friends swore these tasted like vanilla ice cream and gobbled them up like they were going to melt (they don’t, only in your mouth).

For these vanilla cookies, I used Nielsen-Massey’s Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Bean Paste. Nielsen-Massey is a family-owned business that’s headquartered in my small hometown of Waukegan, Illinois (about an hour north of Chicago) so they hold a special place in my heart!

They produce high quality vanillas and pure flavor extracts using as few ingredients as possible, which allows the natural essence to shine. Vanilla extract is a staple kitchen ingredient, but have you ever tried vanilla bean paste? This stuff changed my life!

I first remember experimenting with it when I was a teenager. I was just getting into baking and felt like a boss when I actually saw the real vanilla bean specks in my vanilla frosting! Since then I’ve gone through more bottles than I can count. It’s amazing in flan, ice cream and now these vanilla cookies with vanilla bean glaze.

I love these cookies because they’re not too sweet. The vanilla bean glaze adds just the right amount of sweetness. Since these cookies are so simple, it’s essential to use high quality vanilla.

Nielsen-Massey uses cold extraction instead of heat, which preserves the 300+ flavors found in vanilla beans, plus they examine each bundle of vanilla beans by hand to make sure it meets their high standards! Their Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla has a sweet, creamy flavor, which is perfect for these velvety soft cookies.

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