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How to Make Vanilla Extract

Vanilla has become very expensive in the past few years due to vanilla beans being difficult to grow. This flowering plant is incredibly labor intensive. Climate change plays a huge role in these ...

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Vanilla Bean Scones

My daughter and son-in-law go to Starbuck’s at least once a day. Sometimes twice! When they lived with me, they would always ask me if I wanted anything, and usually I said no (that’s the frugal side ...

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Making Extracts: The Essentials

Extract (noun): a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in a concentrated form.

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The Great Vanilla Debate

When it comes to cooking with vanilla, there are quite a few choices like pure vanilla extract, vanilla bean paste and vanilla beans. There's also vanilla sugar, infused vanilla syrups; the list goes ...

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