Today's tip is something I learned from my Mom a long time ago. When she was teaching me to bake, she told me that the tops to extract bottles, as in vanilla extract usually measured 1 teaspoon. So - when baking, if your recipe calls for a teaspoon (which is common with vanilla), you can just use the top!
I have done this for all my life, but when I was thinking about sharing this hint, I thought I should test it to see if it still held true. I used several different types of extracts. Both the tall and short bottles held true to what my Mom told me. They all were one teaspoon.
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