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 ...