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 ...

When it comes to baking, there are a few basic ingredients that will almost always be included in a recipe: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla. While only a teaspoon or two of vanilla extract is ...

When learning how to use a vanilla bean, start with plump, soft beans that bend easily. After carefully splitting the bean ...