Vanilla Extract

🥘 Ingredients

• vanilla beans
  3
• vodka or bourbon
  2 oz

🍳 Cookware

• 2-fl. oz glass bottle

1. 1

   After 5 to ⏱️ 6 weeks , you have extract! (If you leave in your vanilla beans, when you start running low, just add more vodka and wait a little.)
2. 2

   Cut your vanilla beans in half, then split open each half to expose the vanilla seeds on the inside of the pod.

   vanilla beans: 3
3. 3

   Place cut vanilla beans inside your 2-fl. oz glass bottle .
4. 4

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

   vodka or bourbon: 2 oz
5. 5

   Seal tightly and store bottle in a cool, dry place.
6. 6

   Every few days, tilt your bottle upside down to gently mix the liquid inside.
7. 7

   After 5 to ⏱️ 6 weeks , you have extract! (If you leave in your vanilla beans, when you start running low, just add more vodka and wait a little.)
8. 8

   Note: As a guide you use 1 cup/8 ozs of vodka to 4 - 6 vanilla beans, depending on the quality of the beans.