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14 Jun How To Make Your Own Vanilla Extract

Me: Mum. Dad. Could you buy me some vodka?

M & D: Why?

Me: Because I’m gonna go party all night long and get drunk and then climb a latter and fall and break all my legs and potentially die. No, really, I’m just gonna make vanilla extract.

When I asked my parents to buy me vodka I  felt like I was in a swedish commercial about not buying alcohol to minors. It could have been the perfect scene. The fact that I was gonna make vanilla extract would be the ultimate, innocent excuse in order to get my hands on a bottle of vodka. However, my parents know me very well and they also know that I spend far more time baking(with vanilla extract) in the kitchen then going to parties and getting drunk.

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You might wonder why you should make your own vanilla extract when a) it takes several months to make it and b) you can already find it at the grocery store.

  1. It’s cheaper and everyone seems to like when it’s cheap.
  2. It’s fun to make things from scratch!
  3. They make a perfect gift. You basically give away months of care and love and DIY pressed into a small bottle
  4. You know what you get! There are a lot of “fake” vanilla extracts and essences out there but if you make you’re own you can “protect” yourself from those horrible artificial vanilla criminals. They belong in jail, not in my pantry.

 

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Homemade vanilla extract – 1 bottle

  • Someone who are old enough to buy vodka
  • 250 ml vodka
  • 3  vanilla pods

Method:

  1. Cut the vanilla pods in half lengthwise and make sure to keep one of the ends connected.
  2. Place the vanilla pods in a bottle and cover them with vodka. Give it a good shake.
  3. Store in a cool and dark place for at least 2 months or more. Give it a shake once in a while.
  4. It will last for years and you can refill it with vodka and vanilla pods as you use it.
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