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 ...

Dec. 31—This story was originally published in January 2021. In recent years, vanilla extract has become expensive. Lately, it's also been increasingly difficult to find at the grocery store. You can ...

Learn how to make your own vanilla extract at home. It's a great way to amp up the flavor of your baked goods and culinary creations. Plus, it's super easy and budget-friendly - only two simple ...

Vanilla suffers typecasting as ordinary. In software, it's vanilla versus custom. In finance, it's vanilla versus exotic. In the bedroom, it's vanilla versus kinky. But vanilla hardly counts as plain.

Plunking a scraped and spent vanilla bean into an aliquot of alcohol is a good idea. (Those beans are expensive, and you might as well eek out that last bit of flavor.) Buying whole, pricey pods for ...