#diy #vanillaextract Make it now for Christmas gifts
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Homemade vanilla takes between four to six months for the flavor of the vanilla beans to infuse the vodka. If you’re thinking of making vanilla to give as Christmas gifts, plan now! The longer the vodka absorbs the flavor of the vanilla beans, the better!
If you do a lot of baking, especially at the holidays, make a big batch for your own pantry. It’s simple and easy to make. It is so much tastier than most vanilla extracts. Instead of vodka, bourbon or rum can be used.
Ingredients:
Organic Vanilla Beans
Swing Top Glass bottle
Instructions:
Cut the vanilla beans in half. Add three vanilla beans to every cup of vodka, bourbon or rum. Close the bottle tightly and allow the vanilla beans to sit in the vodka for four to six months.
Add labels and dates to your bottles. You can get all fancy and print labels that say: Made with love or something like that. Give your vanilla making enterprise a cute name. Have fun and enjoy the gift giving!
The screw-on top bottle on the right is the last batch I made four years ago, almost to the day! See how dark the extract has gotten? The covers leaked and so this time I opted for the clamp-on lids with a great seal.
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PLEASE NOTE that the white marker that comes with the bottle set is meant to be used as you would a dry marker, so in other words, it smudges and you have to keep it dry unless you want to remove what you’ve written. This type of marker is good when you want to write something different on a label because it’s easy to wipe off (I did use a little water to wipe off) and then you can write on the label again.
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I’ll share photos of the extract over time so we can note when the vanilla beans start to color the clear vodka.
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