The ingredients for homemade vanilla extract: whisky, vanilla beans, and a glass jar with a tight lid.
Vanilla extract is essential to all baking recipes and many desserts, especially around the holiday season. But to get your hands on a quality batch will cost at least $10 ( I like Nielson-Massey). I finally decided to get off my lazy butt and make my own, which you literally can just keep adding to, having vanilla extract FOREVER.
Pretty cool, huh? Photos and the recipe after the jump.
The first ingredient: hard liquor. I like whisky, but you can use vodka if you prefer less flavor. This isn't the cheapest whisky, but it ain't Knob Creek either.
The second ingredient: vanilla beans, split in half almost entirely, with just a little attached at the top.
The last ingredient: a glass jar with a lid. This is from a single serve wine I got at a trade show, but a mason jar with lid will work just fine.
Combine, let sit for at least two months in a dark cupboard, then enjoy!
Recipe: Leena’s homemade Vanilla Extract
Ingredients
- 1 cup of hard liquor, whisky or vodka
- 3 vanilla beans, split almost completely in half
- 1 glass jar with tight lid
Instructions
- Combine the two ingredients in the jar, and place lid on tightly.
- Store in a dark place for at least two months, or as long as forever. As the liquid drops down, you can add more vanilla and more liquor to keep it going.
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~LTG!
Tags: homemade, vanilla bean, Vanilla extract, whisky
