Making homemade vanilla extract couldn’t be easier! All you need are two simple ingredients—vanilla beans and rum. The toughest part? Waiting 6–12 months for it to age. But trust me, the payoff is ...

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 ...

Vanilla is one of those ingredients that shows up in nearly every baking recipe. Whether it’s the central flavoring agent in a vanilla custard, or a supporting ingredient in a cake or cookie, vanilla ...

Homemade vanilla extract is a gift that keeps on giving—just ask Ina Garten, who’s been feeding her own DIY batch for an ...

For most bakers, it’s second-nature to measure out the prescribed dose of vanilla for a cookie dough or cake batter using a ...