Email to HybridOwner      

Homemade Vanilla Extract

Source of Recipe

Southern Living, December 1997


List of Ingredients

6 vanilla beans, divided
1 quart vodka
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water


Recipe

Cut each of 3 vanilla beans into 4 pieces; split each piece lengthwise. Place in a 1.5 quart bottle, and add vodka. Cover tightly, and shake vigorously. Let stand in a cool dry, place for 3 weeks, shaking bottle every 2 days. Line a funnel with a coffee filter; pour mixture through funnel into a bowl, discarding beans.

Cook sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; cool completely. Add to vodka mixture. Cut remaining 3 vanilla beans into pieces. Fill small decorative bottles with 1 vanilla bean piece and extract; cover tightly and let stand in a cool, dry place 1 month.