How to make vanilla extract

Vanilla extract is a kind of seasoning used to add flavor to food. In most bakeries, there is vanilla extract. People will put vanilla extract into cakes and bread to increase their flavor to attract customers. In fact, this purpose has been achieved. Not only bread or cakes, but also ice cream and popsicles that people often eat in summer will add vanilla extract. Vanilla extract is neither good nor bad for the human body.

Because it is just an additive, it is a skill to add the right amount of vanilla extract to the food that needs it. Too much or too little will affect the taste of the food. It is very simple to make edible food with vanilla extract. You can try it at home. Here are some specific methods to teach you.

Tree-style random vanilla cookies

Material

150g flour (medium gluten or high gluten flour), 10g sugar

1/2 teaspoon pepper salt (recipe: fry sea salt and peppercorns in a dry pan until fragrant, let cool and grind into powder)

1/2 teaspoon of yeast, 82 ml of water, 10 grams of butter, 1/2 teaspoon of thyme

practice

1. Knead the dough with oil, and ferment the dough until it is twice as big as before (you can choose to ferment directly or refrigerate according to your own situation)

2. Take out the dough and place it on the workbench, flatten it.

3. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into thin square slices, cut into small pieces, and make a few cuts on the top of the cake.

4. Spray water on the cake, sprinkle some thyme and pepper salt on it, preheat the oven, and bake at 190°C for about ten minutes.

Vanilla Cookies

Material

130g butter, 60g powdered sugar, 30g granulated sugar, 200g low-gluten flour, 1 egg, 10g milk powder (optional), 2g salt, 2g vanilla extract (optional)

practice

1. Cut 130g butter into small pieces and soften at room temperature.

2. Use an electric whisk to beat the thoroughly softened butter until the color becomes slightly lighter, the volume becomes slightly larger, and it becomes feather-like.

3. Mix the powdered sugar and granulated sugar, add them to the butter three times, add the salt as well, and beat until the sugar is completely dissolved. The butter paste will be larger in volume and white in color.

4. Add egg liquid in small amounts three times and mix well.

5. Add vanilla extract and mix well.

6. Mix the flour and milk powder, sift them and add them into the beaten butter paste.

7. Use a rubber spatula to cut and mix well to make cookie batter.

8. Cover the baking tray with oilcloth, put the cookie batter into the piping bag, and use the piping nozzle to squeeze out the shapes you like. The size of each tray should be uniform, leaving some space between each cake.

9. Put it in the preheated oven at 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes. It depends on the actual operation of your oven. In the last few minutes, you should stay by the side and observe to make sure it is not burnt.

When people walk on the street and pass by a bakery, they will be attracted by the aroma of the bakery and then go into the store to buy bread or cakes. It must be said that this is a very clever marketing method. However, vanilla extract is a synthetic spice. If consumed too much, it will have adverse effects on the human body. Try to eat as little as possible.