One of my philosophies in eating, baking, cooking is to use real stuff! I use real butter, whole foods (as much as I can) and REAL vanilla extract. None of that artificially-flavored junk for me! It's not a snob thing (I eat Twinkies, I am NOT a food snob!), it's just that this ingredient REALLY makes a different to my taste buds.
The folks at Foodbuzz.com are offering one of my favorite vanillas, Nielsen-Massey, at a 14% discount today. This is definitely my favorite type of vanilla--from Madagascar. Tahitian is nice, too, and Mexican vanilla is a distant third. I used to LOOOOVE Mexican vanilla, but now I find the flavor far too strong. Hands down, the Madagascar type wins with me. If you don't have some already in your pantry, why don't you stop on by their site?
And while we're chatting, what's the one ingredient you won't compromise? Butter? Flavorings? Chocolate? Do share!
Happy Baking!
*photo not mine
Crisco for making the best pie dough!
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