Vanilla Bean

Madagascan vanilla is warm, sweet, full-bodied, and woody. The vanilla bean is a highly aromatic spice derived from an orchid species called vanilla planifolia. Use this vanilla bean by splitting it in half and scraping out the seeds into desserts like ice cream, cookies, cakes, frosting, and custards. Store the used bean in sugar to make vanilla sugar, or with alcohol to make your own vanilla extract.