Vanilla Bottle tip

Here's a quick little tip if you bake a lot and you tend to usually slosh out too much vanilla into your measuring spoon:

Vanilla bottle, originally uploaded by passitonplates.

When I peel the entire seal off the top of a new vanilla bottle, I leave the seal intact. To control how much vanilla pours out of the bottle, I just poke a little slit in the seal at the top. When I add vanilla to something, I just squeeze the bottle and it comes out in a little stream.

(Yes, this is imitation vanilla. So sue me.)

(And true, you can never have too much vanilla. Save some for the next batch...)