slice of vanilla cake with vanilla frosting - Nata_vkusidey/Getty Images We're all familiar with vanilla extract. It's called for in virtually every baking or dessert recipe, and it's probably the ...

Don't be fooled. These aren't all vanilla. December means baking—sugar cookies and shortbread cut into trees and stars, ...

Real vanilla beans are a total luxury thanks to their singularly fragrant, floral aroma, and seeds that — once scraped from ...

Vanilla bean paste offers a richer, more complex flavor with visible specks that elevate both taste and presentation, while pure vanilla extract provides a subtler note that enhances other ingredients ...