Questions about vanilla extract

[Guest guest]

I have some questions for the veteran experts. Is vanilla extract GF?

What about immitation vanilla extract? Are most extract flavors GF or

is this something I need to be careful of. I have not used since going

GF but am now motivated to try out some recipes. Also some of the ones

I want to try call for powdered vanilla extract. I have checked 4

differant stores and can not find it. Where would I find this? Is it ok

to sub regular vanilla extract for it? Thanks for the help!!!

[Guest guest]

I found

powered vanilla at Whole Foods.

[Guest guest]

I found

powered vanilla at Whole Foods.

[Guest guest]

I found

powered vanilla at Whole Foods.

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody -

Any PURE extract is gluten-free. So if vanilla

extract is PURE, it is gluten-free. I have not yet

used powdered vanilla extract. I substitute some

liquid. It isn't enough to make any difference.

Aside: I just finished making the " Cheese Bread

Balls " from Carol Fenster's " Gluten-Free 101 "

cookbook. They are really easy to make, and everyone

who has had them likes them alot. One friend says he

" loves " them!!

Barbara in SoCal

Barbara

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[Guest guest]

Hi everybody -

Any PURE extract is gluten-free. So if vanilla

extract is PURE, it is gluten-free. I have not yet

used powdered vanilla extract. I substitute some

liquid. It isn't enough to make any difference.

Aside: I just finished making the " Cheese Bread

Balls " from Carol Fenster's " Gluten-Free 101 "

cookbook. They are really easy to make, and everyone

who has had them likes them alot. One friend says he

" loves " them!!

Barbara in SoCal

Barbara

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody -

Any PURE extract is gluten-free. So if vanilla

extract is PURE, it is gluten-free. I have not yet

used powdered vanilla extract. I substitute some

liquid. It isn't enough to make any difference.

Aside: I just finished making the " Cheese Bread

Balls " from Carol Fenster's " Gluten-Free 101 "

cookbook. They are really easy to make, and everyone

who has had them likes them alot. One friend says he

" loves " them!!

Barbara in SoCal

Barbara

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Could you post the recipe? Thanks!

Re: Questions about vanilla extract

Hi everybody -Any PURE extract is gluten-free. So if vanillaextract is PURE, it is gluten-free. I have not yetused powdered vanilla extract. I substitute someliquid. It isn't enough to make any difference.Aside: I just finished making the "Cheese BreadBalls" from Carol Fenster's "Gluten-Free 101" cookbook. They are really easy to make, and everyonewho has had them likes them alot. One friend says he"loves" them!!Barbara in SoCalBarbara__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Could you post the recipe? Thanks!

Re: Questions about vanilla extract

Hi everybody -Any PURE extract is gluten-free. So if vanillaextract is PURE, it is gluten-free. I have not yetused powdered vanilla extract. I substitute someliquid. It isn't enough to make any difference.Aside: I just finished making the "Cheese BreadBalls" from Carol Fenster's "Gluten-Free 101" cookbook. They are really easy to make, and everyonewho has had them likes them alot. One friend says he"loves" them!!Barbara in SoCalBarbara__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Plain vanilla extract is gf.

The fake stuff mostly is (it's made from pine bark in the US, most of the

time), but some is not i've seen wheat based in products from Isreal).

Others, you have to call on -- many are fine and made from teh actual food,

but some are grown using bacteria or fungus, which has to feed on something

and that something is _sometimes_ a starch. And sometimes barley malt is

used to " help " the flavor of an additive.

For the little amount of vanilla used, buy the real thing (there are many

chemicals involved in its flavor besides vanillin, which is all you get with

fake vanilla). If you don't bake much, get a smaall container at your

grocery store; if you bake a lot, get the large container at a wholesale

club such as Sam's Club (but not the 1/2 gallon of fake stuff for $3.00)

> > I have some questions for the veteran experts. Is vanilla extract GF?

> What about immitation vanilla extract? Are most extract flavors GF or

> is this something I need to be careful of.