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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vanilla suffers typecasting as ordinary. In software, it's vanilla versus custom. In finance, it's vanilla versus exotic. In the bedroom, it's vanilla versus kinky. But vanilla hardly counts as plain.

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 ...