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Pure Vanilla Flavor

For the best-tasting vanilla desserts, reach for beans or pure extract

by Abigail Johnson Dodge

Pure vanilla, either beans with their dazzling seeds or pure extract, gives the best flavor to desserts, whether they’re cakes, custards, sauces, ice cream, cookies, or fruit compotes. In this article, you'll learn why imitation vanilla is a poor substitute for the real thing and how to shop for and store vanilla. And you'll get five scrumptious dessert recipes to try as well.


From Fine Cooking 71, pp. 66-71
April 1, 2005

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