[Sca-cooks] OP - almond extract

[Kate Wood]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Sandra Kisner <sjk3 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> Our local food coop no longer sells "bulk" almond extract.  They do carry it
> bottled (Frontier, organic), but when I was looking at the ingredients list
> I noticed it didn't mention alcohol.  It's apparently an aqueous solution of
> bitter almond extract.  I knew non-alcoholic extracts were available, but
> I've never used them in the past.  Is the flavor profile/strength different?
>  Different shelf life?  Should I go for it, or hunt down a "regular"
> alcohol-based extract at the grocery store?
>
> Sandra

I've found it's more or less the same, but you may need to use a bit
more to get the same intensity of flavour that you're used to. It's
much better than the glycerine-based extracts, though.

Kate