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

Whether you want a custom flavor (rum vanilla, anyone?) or want to avoid the additives in store-bought extract, we've got a foolproof formula for making vanilla extract at home.

The Totonacs of Veracruz, Mexico were the first known people to cultivate vanilla. By the 1400s, the Aztecs were using it to sweeten chocolate. After Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés brought the pods ...

Let's face it: Vanilla beans are pricey. Each is priced at $3, $4 or more, and some vanilla extracts can run nearly $4 an ounce. Vanilla beans can last for years if stored properly, but they can dry ...

Did you know that you can make vanilla extract at home using only three ingredients? Allow Ina Garten to demonstrate. Last month, the Barefoot Contessa, 75, posted a tutorial video on her Instagram ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - If there’s one thing I use a lot of during the holidays, it’s vanilla extract. It’s important in holiday baking, as well as in day-to-day dessert making, so you may use a lot of ...

I don’t know what your reaction is to this, but I’ve been a professional bartender my entire adult life and when I first saw this a few years ago, I was surprised. Not surprised like “huh I wouldn’t ...

1 8 oz glass bottle with a seal attached or use a cork, gift tag or label for bottle 3 5-6 inch vanilla beans Tahitian or Madagascar or combination of both Vodka Slice end of each bean off and then ...