Vanilla beans are difficult to find in my area of the country, they're also prohibitively expensive on my income. Can anyone give me a substitution guide for pure vanilla extract compared to vanilla beans?
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jayshay
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Do you have a Trader Joe's or World Market? Stores like those usually carry a pure powdered/dry vanilla. The flavor is intense and it can be used in a recipe where cooking is not necessarily needed. Vanilla in an alcohol-type base usually has to be cooked out. I love the stuff and a little goes a long way.
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Most recipes call for vanilla. But some recipes call for vanilla beans for a special reason. So it can't be substituted easily. Usually you scrape the bean or pod and add those little specks and pulp to a liquid. Use vanilla beans for special things only. When it calls for it, use that. Once you scrape the pod, keep it and use it in a small container of sugar to make vanilla sugar or simmer it in milk or cocoa for the flavor. It can be used over and over. Penzeys is a great place to find vanilla, both extract and pods/beans http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.penzeys.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fpenzeys%2Fshophome.html&ei=ZGdaSdusBYSoNdmsyNMP&usg=AFQjCNEuzvJoi6w1pWpUBX25IPgBx4XFfA&sig2=6gW7MPC2v3CFVUh2a0xg0w
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