Vain Vanilla Original Baker's Blend Pure Vanilla Extract
Vain Vanilla Original Baker's Blend Pure Vanilla Extract
This small-batch vanilla extract from Kansas-based Vain Vanilla is prepared completely by hand using only the best ingredients. The Original Baker's Blend is made with top-shelf rum that emphasizes vanilla's sweet characteristics and adds its own cane-sugar dimension. We especially love that Vain Vanilla leaves its vanilla pods in the bottle, which has two benefits. First, over time the extract will continue to deepen in color and become more complex as the pods release more flavor compounds. Second, when you're done with the vanilla extract, you can still slice open the pods and use the beans themselves in your desserts.
Burlap & Barrel Royal Cinnamon
Burlap & Barrel Royal Cinnamon
Also known as Saigon cinnamon, Royal Cinnamon is a hard-to-find heirloom variety that comes from the mountains of central Vietnam. Our recipe developers agreed it was the sweetest and brightest cinnamon we have ever tasted, with an aroma you can smell from across the room. It's clean-flavored and boldly spicy-sweet, yet with a delicate quality. To fully appreciate its flavor, we recommend trying Royal Cinnamon first in simple applications.
Hayden Flour Mills Artisan Bread Flour
Hayden Flour Mills Artisan Bread Flour
This bread flour is stone-milled in small batches so it's incredibly fresh and has an enticing nutty aroma, robust flavor. A naturally high protein content that makes for a chewier texture, and the flour's complexity is unmatched by conventional flour brands.
Soom Premium Tahini
Soom Premium Tahini
Many supermarket tahinis are over-roasted, which gives them an unpleasant, bitter flavor. They are also too thick and hard to stir into a creamy blend. Soom's tahini has a full, nutty flavor as well as a pourable and well-balanced texture, made from single-origin white sesame seeds from northwestern Ethiopia that have an ideal oil-to-protein ratio.
Nouka Black Sesame Paste
Nouka Black Sesame Paste
Deeply aromatic and rich with toasty undertones, this sesame condiment can be used in both sweet and savory applications. It’s the Japanese answer to Middle Eastern tahini, with a more pleasant touch of bitterness than white sesame seeds to balance the rich nutty flavor and natural sweetness. This one is perfect for everyday use—elevated, but not too pricey—and also has a thinner, more spreadable, drizzle-able and versatile texture than some other black sesame pastes we’ve tried. It is ideal for adding a little earthy depth to dishes. Many Asian cultures use black sesame for desserts, with good reason—its slight bitterness cuts through rich dairy and balances bitter with sweet like no other. If you’re using in place of tahini, note black sesame paste will offer a more roasted flavor.
Lars Pearl Sugar
Lars Pearl Sugar
Lars’ Own Swedish pearl sugar is a hard, crystalline garnishing sugar ideal for sprinkling over a broad array of baked goods. It won’t melt in the oven but rather remains crisp and white to provide textural and visual contrast. It’s an essential touch on Sweden’s famous cardamom buns, kardemummabullar, and can be used similar for all manner of sweet breads and buns—just brush with egg white and top with pearl sugar before baking. For crunchy texture, we like it dusted over muffins, bread pudding, and desserts such as our Marmalade Bundt Cake with Crystallized Ginger. Pearl sugar is also great for visual contrast on our Brazilian Chocolate Fudge Candies (Brigadeiros).
Crown Maple Maple Pearls
Crown Maple Maple Pearls
Fold Maple Pearls into Buttermilk Biscuits or scones for a maple-flavored twist on the classics, or add to cookie recipes such as our rich Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies; they're also easy to crush or grind into granulated maple sugar for any recipe. At breakfast, we like to sprinkle Maple Pearls over oatmeal in place of maple syrup for added texture, especially with buttery and nutty flavors—try them with Browned Butter Apple Oatmeal. Or add to crunchy salads for a sweet accent; the maple flavor complements the crunchy candied pecans perfectly in our Apple and Fennel Salad with Candied Pecans.
- Net Weight: 4.5 ounces
- Ingredients: Pure organic maple sugar
- Certifications: Organic
- Place of Origin: Dutchess County, New York
Heilala Premium Vanilla Bean Powder
Heilala Premium Vanilla Bean Powder
Different than a run-of-the-mill vanilla extract or paste, this vanilla bean powder consists of whole vanilla pods that have been cured, dried and finely ground. New Zealand company Heilala sustainably sources its beans from small village farms in Tonga that are reviving artisanal farming methods. We love that the powder is packed with vanilla flavor without the alcoholic harshness that you often find in vanilla extracts—Heilala's product contains only vanilla beans and nothing else. Plus, the bean pod contributes its own aromatic complexity, with an earthy, botanical and noticeably fruity character.
Heilala Vanilla Paste 2.29oz
Heilala Vanilla Paste 2.29oz
A favorite at Milk Street, this vanilla paste has deep, concentrated vanilla flavor. Made from vine-ripened Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans grown in the tropical South Pacific, Heilala’s paste is a combination of three-month cold-extracted vanilla extract mixed with vanilla bean seeds. Every bean used in Heilala’s production is hand-picked by farmers in Tonga. It works beautifully as an easy-to-use alternative to vanilla beans with stronger, more pure flavor than extract—one teaspoon is equivalent to one bean, without the waste or mess of attempting to scrape out seeds. Beyond superlative vanilla flavor, this paste has a sweet floral aroma, fruity and warm spiced notes and dark vanilla seeds, which add a beautiful speckle to baked goods and desserts.
SAVA Trading Co. Gourmet Madagascar Vanilla Beans
