Posts tagged: vanilla
Make Your Own Vanilla Extract.
By Chrisjob
I was 19. I was home the summer after my freshman year of college, and I decided I needed to bake...I went to my parent's kitchen, noted all the ingredients I'd need, and found them all...a four year old box of baking soda, a near empty bottle of imitation vanilla, a tin of grated nutmeg from the seventies. I mixed my batter, and baked the cookies...
It was a disaster.
So, I dried my tears, and went to grocery store and bought all new pantry st » READ MORE
How to make Vanilla Extract
By kestrelRecently DIY Maven was kind enough to pass along a very yummy recipe for a Mrs Fields cookie with chocolate chips and m&ms. In telling her how fantastic they were I mentioned using my homemade Vanilla. This resulted in her wanting to know how this was done. In a one word answer…easily.
We do a lot of baking in my house and Vanilla Extract is one ingredient that we go through way too fast. Several years back I tried my hand at » READ MORE
Paint without the smell
By heidijane Next time you paint add a bit of vanilla to the paint and it will take the stink out of the project. Now all you need to know is who's going to massage your shoulders when you're done!
