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The Best Store-Bought Vanilla Extract, According To Ina Garten By Dennis Lee Oct. 23, 2025 10:00 am EST

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Ina Garten is known for hosting lovely dinner parties and cooking comforting food at home, and, of course, delicious desserts are often on the menu. One key ingredient in her baking is vanilla extract, but not just any product will do — she obviously uses "good vanilla." When it comes to the classic ingredient, she's got one brand she prefers that's headquartered in the Chicagoland area: Nielsen-Massey.

Garten recommends Nielsen-Massey on her website, and it's a brand that some writers for The Takeout swear by, whether that's when adding vanilla extract to a grilling marinade or flavoring not-bor

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