![]() I asked them simply to tell me which one tasted like a "normal" chocolate chip cookie and which was slightly different. So in the name of science, I made them eat two. ![]() The verdict: I rounded up the TT editorial team and made them each eat a cookie. Photo: Courtesy of areisner via Instagram I figured I'd put my bachelor of science to work and labeled them A (the princess version) and B (standard vanilla extract) in order to construct a blind taste test. The test: Jacque Torres's giant chocolate chip cookies seem like a recipe that a princess would love, so I made a batch using the princess emulsion in one half and common folk vanilla extract in the other. But the real test-how it stacks up in baked goods versus plain old vanilla extract-was about to begin. I've never sniffed a princess, but I think that sounds about right. It smells like vanilla, lemons, almonds and royalty. The first thing I did when it arrived was give it the smell test. The light, nutty taste also has overtones of citrus and rich vanilla." This person has clearly never seen Frozen.īut I figured, if I could make all the royal cookies, pastries, French toast and pancakes I desired-princess frosting! princess pancakes!-sold. As one KAF employee responded to a customer inquiry, "Like any princess, it's sweet and mild mannered. The exact "natural and artificial flavors" it contains are ambiguous-a princess never reveals her secrets. There's xanthan gum, a hydrocolloid, which is a fancy word meaning "thing that turns other thing to goop." It stabilizes the emulsion, giving it a thick milky look and texture. ![]() Other than that, it's still unclear as to what's actually in the bottle. Put a crown on it, and it becomes Princess Emulsion. This is supposed to make the flavor stronger and prevent it from baking out, because water takes longer to evaporate than alcohol. It's an emulsion, similar to and used like an extract (vanilla, almond, etc.), but instead of the flavor molecules hanging out in alcohol, they're suspended in water. I turned to Google for the answers (duh): It's a King Arthur Flour product.
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