Easy As Sunday Morning Homemade Tahitian Vanilla Extract Recipes

EASY AS SUNDAY MORNING HOMEMADE TAHITIAN VANILLA EXTRACT

Steps:

• ***You will need 15, 4oz Round Bottom Glass bottles with tight fitting caps, if you plan on making these as gifts.***.
• Choose two vanilla beans per bottle, one plump and one on the thinner side (for consistent flavor between all bottles).
• Score both vanilla beans lengthwise.
• Cut one of the scored vanilla beans in to 1" pieces.
• Cut second scored vanilla bean in half.
• Add 1" pieces of first vanilla bean into bottle; then add halved vanilla bean, cut side down.
• Add 1/2 cup of vodka into bottle, fasten cap tightly.
• Repeat for all 15 bottles.
• Place all 15 bottles on window sill so they are in the sun; leave in sun overnight.
• Lightly flip each bottle over gently to agitate contents and remove from sunlight.
• Allow vanilla beans to continue to steep in vodka for 6-8 weeks before use.
• OPTIONAL: Stretch out the life of your vanilla beans by doing one of two things: 1. Continually top off bottles with more vodka to continue extracting more vanilla from beans. This can be continued until vodka no longer turns brown; this is when your vanilla bean should be discarded. OR 2. Remove vanilla beans from bottle and allow to dry on flat, non-porous surface. Add vanilla bean to a water/air-tight container and cover vanilla beans with white or brown sugar. Keep container closed for one week. After one week enjoy your homemade vanilla sugar! :).