Vanilla recipes and how-tos from Food52

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The Best Vanilla Extract Substitute Is Probably Hiding in Your Kitchen

Kitchen Hacks

The Best Vanilla Extract Substitute Is Probably Hiding in Your Kitchen

Lookin' at you, cake batter.

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Spice

13 Recipes That Let Vanilla Shine

Forget boring—vanilla's a star!

Drinks

An Unexpected Twist on a Classic Lemonade

There's no way your lemonade stand won't be profitable with this concoction

Ice Cream/Frozen Desserts

This Super-Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream Required Many Taste Tests to Perfect

And who better to do it than Alice Medrich?

A Food Blog Link We Really Love

Cake

A Food Blog Link We Really Love

Meet Sarah Kieffer of The Vanilla Bean Blog

by: Sarah E Daniels|April 23, 2016

This Cake is Very Vanilla (In the Best Possible Sense)

Cake

This Cake is Very Vanilla (In the Best Possible Sense)

A moist, simple cake with two types of vanilla and a sweet, vanilla-flecked whipped cream topping.

by: Posie (Harwood) Brien|January 24, 2016

UPDATE: We Have a Winner! The Food52 Holiday Cookie Truck (and Some Healthy Competition)

Cookie

UPDATE: We Have a Winner! The Food52 Holiday Cookie Truck (and Some Healthy Competition)

Are you #teamamanda or #teammerrill?

by: Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm |December 16, 2015

5 Ways to Use a Spent Vanilla Bean Pod

Dessert

5 Ways to Use a Spent Vanilla Bean Pod

Guest editor Dorie Greenspan shares her favorite ways to make the most of a baking staple.

by: Dorie Greenspan|October 22, 2014

How to Make Vanilla and Lavender Extracts at Home

DIY Food

How to Make Vanilla and Lavender Extracts at Home

Trisha Jones from Sugar Thumb shares a practically effortless way to make your own vanilla and lavender extracts.

by: Trisha Jones|July 11, 2014

Cook's Illustrated's Blondies

Memorial Day

Cook's Illustrated's Blondies

The one baking ingredient you should never be stingy with (and the blondies you'll become known for).

by: Kristen Miglore|May 21, 2014

How to Make Flavored Coffee Creamer at Home

Coffee

How to Make Flavored Coffee Creamer at Home

Tiffany from Offbeat and Inspired makes coffee creamer out of real cream, with no dehydrated powders or mysterious ingredients in sight.

by: Tiffany|January 21, 2014

7 Fabulous Layer Cake Recipes

Cake

7 Fabulous Layer Cake Recipes

For those times when a one layer cake just won't cut it.

by: Elana Carlson|September 20, 2013

Malted Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate-Covered Pretzels

Ice Cream/Frozen Desserts

Malted Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate-Covered Pretzels

Your new favorite ice cream flavor.

by: Food52|August 12, 2013

Strawberry Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream

Ice Cream/Frozen Desserts

Strawberry Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream

A vegan ice cream so creamy and rich, it'll bring a smile to the face of even the most die-hard ice cream enthusiast.

by: Gena Hamshaw|August 8, 2013

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