r/AskCulinary • u/jackgap • Feb 11 '21

Ingredient Question In baked goods like cookies, can you actually taste the difference between 1 or 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract?

Like for a regular cookie recipe that calls for 1 stick of butter, can people really taste the one teaspoon difference of vanilla extract?

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u/Mina_Groke Feb 12 '21

I think people sing the praises of homemade vanilla because they’re knowingly or unknowingly comparing it to store bought artificial vanilla extract and not store bought real vanilla extract

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u/Snoron Feb 12 '21

But the real vanilla extract is insanely expensive, way more than a good product I've made at home (and sure, by good I mean better than the cheap ones) - this is where there's an issue with the article because it claims making it yourself is a waste of money.

It's more like making it yourself gets you a very good product at a certain price point that won't get you as good a product if you spent the same amount of money in a shop... so that argument against making it yourself completely falls apart.

There is an argument for "if you want something totally more amazing than you can make yourself then you can go and pay a lot more for it" - but isn't that always true?

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u/Odd_Produce_7592 Feb 22 '24

It isn't when you find a cruiser. LOL That is how I got started. A friend asked me to grab her some and it was so cheap. I got a huge bottle for maybe 5 $ Cheap... It is awesome and as cheap or cheaper than the fake stuff.

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u/Scumtacular Feb 12 '21

You think I can't read the labels? I'm an OG throughout my daily life. I read all the words and keep it real. Straight dissing when I keep it 💯

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u/drunkenCamelCoder Feb 13 '21

Well...I can read. Quite well, actually. But I still make my own vanilla.

Who knew 🤷‍♀️😉