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| | Top Chef's Chocolate And Vanilla Recipes, Pastry Maestro Gale Gand Offers Them In Latest Book, And On The Early Show - ... |
 | | Gand calls vanilla "the lingerie of baking." It's an invisible essential, the thing you put on before anything else, but when given the spotlight, it's as sexy and alluring as chocolate. |
 | | While many people may be mystified and perhaps even intimidated by the vanilla bean, Gand says vanilla extract is just fine to use in all baked goods, and really "captures the essence of the bean." Of course, you want to be sure to buy pure vanilla extract, not imitation vanilla. |
 | | Gand also calls for vanilla sugar in her recipe for "Mary's Butterballs." These are very simple cookies made of sugar, butter and flour that are rolled into balls and baked. |
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