Let's just say - not that I have any direct experience with this of course - that you decide to make some de-lish chocolate no-bake cookies and you find part way through mixing the ingredients that you've run out of vanilla extract.You look a bit further on the shelf for a substitute and find that you have almond extract aplenty... So...being the improvising type, you exchange one yummy flavor for another and think, "This'll be my own little twist on this recipe!" and, "I LOVED it when Starbucks actually offered almond as a flavor..." and then put in 1 tsp. of almond rather than vanilla extract...
You will eventually discover that almond does NOT equal vanilla in power, potency, or pungency. No, my friend, it far exceeds it. What you thought might be a "whiff", "essence", or "Eau du Almonde" has now become the OVERWHELMING flavor - quite overpowering your cookies.
So you'll make a mental note to yourself that, unlike garlic, more is not always better - and to know the equivelancies of your extracts! And be thankful that your husband eats anything chocolate and sugary... (Clearing of the throat)
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LOL! I will have to remember this so I don't have to learn it your way.
Hee, hee. And then she goes to Costco to replace her vanilla with a nice large bottle for way less money than the grocery store...
That is funny!
I ran out of vanilla extract the last time I was baking too. (in fact this reminds me I still need to buy some) Anyhow, I used orange instead. It was in a chocolate cake and actually worked out for me. I wonder since they were No bakes if the flavor is more intense. Hmmmm, I wonder?
I'm just impressed that you tried improvising - I am way too much of a kitchen chicken to improvise at anything. Good for you!
Great husband! And good to hear this. I am an improvisor as well, but haven't come accross this one yet.
But I do wonder if it would make a difference if you had to cook it??
Great writing by the way.
Yeah, I think you guys are right... If this had been in a baked cookie rather than no-bake, it probably wouldn't have been that big of a deal since it would have evaporates some... I'll have to try that the next Chocolate chip batch I make...
good to know. if i start to get below the halfway point of any cooking ingredient i buy at least 1 replacement from costco. that's why we don't have any room in our cupboard for food we actually eat.
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