Mint Extract

🥘 Ingredients

• mint leaves
  1/2 c
• vodka
  2 oz

🍳 Cookware

• 2-fl. oz glass bottle
• chopstick, skewer, or other poking device

1. 1

   Stuff mint leaves into your 2-fl. oz glass bottle .

   mint leaves: 1/2 c
2. 2

   Using a chopstick, skewer, or other poking device , lightly bruise/crush the leaves inside the bottle.
3. 3

   Add vodka , filling up to the neck of the bottle.

   vodka: 2 oz
4. 4

   Every few days, tilt your bottle upside down to gently mix the liquid inside.
5. 5

   After 5 to ⏱️ 6 weeks , you have extract! (I’m not sure if, like vanilla extract, you can just leave the mint leaves inside. Since it’s leafy plant matter which disintegrates more easily, it may be a good idea to take it out. My leaves went from a vibrant green in the beginning to kind of a dull brown by the end so I took them out just to be safe – I poured my mint extract into another container through a sieve and discarded the mint leaves, then poured the filtered extract back into the bottle.)