Vanilla Extract

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 1 bottle
  • Total: 3 min
  • Prep: 2 min
  • Inactive: 1 min
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Ingredients

12 vanilla beans

1 bottle vodka

Directions

  1. Combine the vanilla beans and vodka in a jar tall enough to hold the vanilla beans. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for at least a month until the vodka becomes vanilla extract and the beans are soft enough to cut the end and squeeze the seeds out. Add more vanilla or beans, as needed. The extract can sit at room temperature indefinitely.

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drekosh

I initially saw this episode and recipe during the outbreak of COVID. I was intrigued and did some research and found a great resource for everything vanilla called beanilla.com. I purchased a vanilla extract infusion kit that included a bottle and 7 beans (alcohol not included). I use bourbon whiskey for mine. My extract tastes great and as I use it I add more alcohol to bottle and beans as needed. Hope this helps anyone who wants to try their own homemade vanilla extract. Also you should split the beans down the side to release more flavor and make sure they covered by the alcohol.

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