#i've never subbed vanilla bean for extract before but

[naomiknight-17]

The lady who drove Mom and I to the funeral a week-ish ago is devoutly Muslim, and I offered to bake her cookies as a thanks for the ride, and she was like, oh, thank you! As long as there's no lard or alcohol of course

And I'm like, oh yeah, no problem! I use butter, and I'll double-check to be sure all the other ingredients are halal

Y'all. I am so dumb.

I use vanilla extract, which is made with ALCOHOL

And it's a small amount that wouldn't cause intoxication so some less strict Muslims would be okay with it but this lady, as I mention, is VERY devout

So I had to send Jon to Bulk Barn to buy some vanilla beans that are not in any way treated with alcohol

Baking cookies with these should be a fun experiment