Strawberry-Vanilla Bean Scones
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breakfast & brunch
When I saw fresh strawberries take the place of their questionable-looking counterparts that have been in the grocery store all winter and spring, I nearly jumped for joy. Even though hubby and I go strawberry picking every year now – especially now that I can tons of strawberry jam in the summer – I decided [...]
Tags: scones, strawberry, vanilla
Meyer Lemon-Vanilla Bean Marmalade
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
Before I get to today’s post, I just wanted to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. It’s great to be part of such a fantastic blogging community – you are all so wonderful! This is my first post for the Tigress’ Can Jam, which I am very excited [...]
Tags: canning, lemon, tigresscanjam, vanilla
Vanilla Extract
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
I’m sure you’ve probably seen this everywhere by now, but since it was part of mine and hubby’s homemade Christmas gift baskets this year, I couldn’t post about it until now or I would have spoiled the surprise! When I first learned how easy it is to make your own vanilla extract though, I was [...]
Tags: vanilla
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
When I started thinking about Thanksgiving desserts, I knew that ice cream had to be on the list. Instead of picking up a carton like I usually do though, I decided I wanted to make my own. Or to be more accurate, Dorie Greenspan’s. Her vanilla ice cream is out of this world – in [...]
Vanilla Bean Scones
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breakfast & brunch
I’ve been wanting to make vanilla bean scones for quite a while, and now that I have plenty of vanilla beans in my pantry, I finally decided to go for it. The scones I’ve made in the past have always been a little on the flat side, albeit still very tasty. But this time, I [...]


