Pure, homemade extracts are easy to make and add better flavor to your cooking and baking. These simple instructions can be ...

One of the very best inexpensive gifts that will impress even the biggest foodies is homemade vanilla extract. It's a gift that's meaningful, useful, and oh so delicious — and the process to make it ...

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 ...

Homemade Vanilla Extract is both fun and easy to make. It only takes two ingredients to make this perfect Christmas gift. Christmas in July? Well, it takes time for the vanilla beans to infuse the ...

It was during a recent class on holiday cooking that the subject of vanilla extract came up. One of the items I made was a trendy salted caramel sauce flavored with homemade vanilla. Well, there was ...

Your favorite ice-cream topping can make a boxed brownie mix taste homemade. Pour the brownie batter into the pan, drizzle ...

The flavor extracted from vanilla bean pods can have the nuance of wine or coffee, says Wears Market Vanilla co-founder Ty Wears. Like other terroir-influenced items, location matters for vanilla, ...

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 ...