homemade vanilla extract

Good morning friends!☕️Besides gardening, I love to bake! 🍪Vanilla extract is expensive so we started making our own nearly ten years ago. Check out the recipe below.⬇️ DIY vanilla extract✅5-6 vanilla bean pods (Tahitian, Madagascar or Mexican vanilla bean)✅ I cut the pods into 1.5 to 2-inch lengths or you can slit the pods. It’s not necessary to scrape off the seeds.✅8 oz. 80-proof vodka (or rum, brandy)✅Glass bottle or container (sterilizing recommended)✳️The extract can be used in time for y

How to Make Vanilla Extract

Make VANILLA EXTRACT! Why is vanilla extract so dang expensive?? Here’s a quick break down on how to make your own vanilla extract for baking or quick Christmas gifts. 8oz unflavored (CHEAP) vodka or other spirits to 4-5 grade B vanilla beans, put in a cabinet and shake everyday to ever other day, for 6 weeks to 1 month or 6-8 months for best results. Feel free to use the link in my instagram bio or pinned Facebook post on my profile to get to my Amazon store front and look under the “video topi

I want your vanilla extract to pack a punch and to be worth your time & money & energy. The first time I made it, I followed instructions that called for infusing for 8 weeks. And that batch was not nearly as good as the one I infused for 7 months. This next batch will be 11 months 💫 I’d say let it infuse at least 3months minimum so the flavor comes through in baking. I’ve been told that true vanilla extract infuses for a year. (Like if you were going to sell it, the standard is a year) Vanilla

How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract