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RE: Easy and Tasty Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

in #food7 years ago

My whole house is a landslide of junk. And that's no lie. I try to keep the kids to contain theirs in their room. There is one room we try to keep clean to be able to share with people who come over. ;) I have looked at making vanilla as well. I found some vanilla beans at a local store in the spice section, but I think it was kind of expensive. Try it and let me know!!

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I will. I know the beans can look kind of expensive at first glance. But if you make your own extract, you keep adding liquor to the bottle as you use it and they can last more than a year. When you use vanilla the way I do, it starts to look very attractive.

Right now, I get the real vanilla from Costco which is far less expensive than elsewhere. But I use 2 - 3 times more vanilla than is called for in baking. I love the taste and it brings out the flavor in cookies and muffins! I put it in Mexican chocolate. Even chocolate milk made with regular Nestles Quik. I've even been known to sip it straight from the bottle once in a while.

Hmmm. Maybe I'm just a lush.

Lol! That is a lot of vanilla!! I rarely use it unless a recipe calls for it, but perhaps I'm missing out if you use it all the time!! I love the way it smells. I have had the bottle I've been using for years - I better kick it up a notch and start using it more! Put it on like perfume even! ;)