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Do you use vanilla bean extract or the imitation stuff?
by akiselev 4y ago
Do you use vanilla bean extract or the imitation stuff?
- WorldMaker 4y agoA fun suggestion for cookies is to add a shot of a good, but cheap bourbon to add extra vanilla taste (via oak wood's vanillin). The alcohol bakes out at a different rate than other liquid ingredients adding extra texture ("fluffiness") and leaves behind an earthy vanilla that most people can't seem to place until you tell them it was bourbon. A company called Bourbon Barrel Foods also sometimes sells bourbon-barrel aged, lightly smoked sugars which are another fun way to do it (though volume for taste much more expensive than a cheap shot of bourbon).