In the pantry · 23 uses
vanilla
It reads as sweetness without adding any, which is why it makes desserts taste richer than they are. Extract is alcohol-based and flashes off in a hot pan, so it goes in late.
12
dishes and drinks that need it
11
more where it is worth adding
67%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Sugar is in 75% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 12
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
Worth adding · 11
These work without it. They work better with it.