Vanilla extract is so easy, so cost-effective and so satisfying, you might decide you’ll never again shell out your hard-earned money for the pre-made stuff in a tiny vial. Instead, make extract in ...

Vanilla suffers typecasting as ordinary. In software, it’s vanilla versus custom. In finance, it’s vanilla versus exotic. But vanilla hardly counts as plain. Consider her bio: Vanilla comes from ...

Vanilla extract is usually made by steeping vanilla beans in alcohol for weeks and weeks and weeks. But the Instant Pot laughs in the face of linear time, and with it, you can make vanilla extract in ...

You've probably heard about the shortage of vanilla leading to a surge in prices. I did some looking around on Pinterest to get ideas of how people are making their own vanilla extract to get out of ...

TL;DR - the experts are wrong, all vanilla does NOT taste the same.<br><br>Like many people who dabble in cooking, I'd seen the Cook's Illustrated vanilla tasting on America's Test Kitchen and was ...

Vanilla extract is a handy ingredient in any kitchen, and Christina Tosi can tell you how to measure it so that you optimize ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Plunking a scraped and spent vanilla bean into ...

When it comes to holiday baking, few flavors can elevate your creations quite like vanilla extract. Its rich, aromatic flavor is an essential ingredient, enhancing your cookies, cakes, pies (and also ...