Home Brewed Vanilla Extract - Homemade - Copycat- Clone

For the purist in you... the purest vanilla flavoring ever. This one is from an old Southern Living magazine, from October of 1983.

Ingredients

  • cups vodka2 cup
  • vanilla beans, cut in 1 inch pieces5

    cut in 1 inch pieces

Step-by-step instructions

  1. 1

    Combine vodka and vanilla beans in jar with tight fitting lid.

  2. 2

    Cover jar and let stand 6-8 weeks.

  3. 3

    Vodka mixture will turn amber colored in a day or two.

  4. 4

    After half the vanilla extract is used, add more vodka to cover the beans.

  5. 5

    The flavor in the beans is gone when vodka no longer turns a dark color.

Source: food.com
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