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

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 ...

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 ...

Choose the right type of vanilla for your next recipe. Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox When it comes to adding great flavor and depth to a variety of recipes, vanilla is most often the key ...

Some bakers maintain that blueberries make every summer confection better. Fold a generous cup of the little silver-hued blues into a buttery batter mixed with vanilla extract and seeds scraped from a ...

When it comes to holiday baking, few flavors can elevate your creations quite like vanilla extract. Its rich, aromatic flavor is an essential ingredient, enhancing your cookies, cakes, pies (and also ...

Decadent S’mores Brownies are to die for! They’re rich and fudgy with crispy graham cracker pieces and gooey marshmallows.

Creamy, smooth and perfumed with pure vanilla, this no churn ice cream will change your life in a way that only ice cream can. This recipe will surely elicit memories of your beloved childhood scoop, ...