my plan for tomorrow morning is to make grandma's peanut butter cookies. with four simple ingredients, they're practically gluten free without even trying. practically. apparently i need to be careful about the kind of vanilla i use. my first thought is to leave the vanilla out completely, as the amount called for is minimal. but then i think - i could at least look for bourbon vanilla, which is gluten free. (depending on who's talking, it doesn't have to be bourbon vanilla to be gluten free ... but i'm comfortable searching out bourbon vanilla to make them guaranteed gluten free. i mean, why make them if they won't be enjoyed because of a slight possibility, right?) so i figure i'll try kroger first. there's a chance they'll have it. and then if they don't, i'll swing by whole foods. there's an even better chance they'll have it. if they don't, i could go to trader joe's. i know they sell a bourbon vanilla, but i've heard mixed reviews on it.
anyway, my plan for tomorrow morning is to make grandma's peanut butter cookies. so i need to search out the vanilla today before i go to work. and i'm thinking i should time it so i can swing through chipotle for lunch. that way even if i completely strike out with the vanilla, it's not a wasted trip. :)
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i wonder if i should point out that further digging (and a talk with laure) cleared up my confusion on the bourbon vanilla being GF issue. the bourbon vanilla name refers to the bean itself (as opposed to tahitian or mexican vanilla beans), not to the type of alcohol used in the extract. so bourbon vanilla is not necessarily GF. and even if bourbon vanilla WAS made with the liquor bourbon, it wouldn't be guaranteed GF because bourbon is not guaranteed to be made from potato mash.
regardless, i found GF vanilla at kroger, and my shopping was done. :)
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