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Homemade Vanilla Extract
How to make vanilla extract at home. This homemade vanilla recipe is great not only for cooking with but also a great gift idea!
Yield: 16 oz bottle 1x
Prep: 5 minutesCook: 0 minutesTotal: 6 weeks
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Ingredients
- 10-12 Vanilla Beans
- 16 ounces Vodka
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Instructions
- Prepare your vanilla beans (for every 8 ounces of vanilla you want to make, you will need 5-6 vanilla beans).
- Slice one side of each bean open to expose the inside.
- Submerge beans in alcohol.
- Now, fill your jars with alcohol. My booze of choice was a cheap, unflavored vodka. You don’t need expensive vodka to make this work.
- Wait. Every week or so, give the jars a good shake. Some say wait about 6 weeks. Some say 6 months. The longer the vanilla sits, the more complex the flavor will be so I gave mine a good 5-6 months.
- Store your vanilla extract for long-term use.
Notes/Tips
I like to use these 8-ounce bottles for storage.
You don’t need expensive vodka to make this work. Just as long as it’s 80-proof.
