Vanilla Essence Recipes

HOMEMADE VANILLA EXTRACT

Steps:

• Place the vanilla beans in the bottle of vodka and seal. Store in a cool, dark area such as a kitchen cabinet for 3 weeks, shaking the bottle every week. Three weeks is the minimum, store it 6 months for the best flavor. After using, replace with more vodka. The same beans will continue to flavor the vanilla for up to a year.

VANILLA EXTRACT

Steps:

• Find a tall bottle that will hold at least a dozen vanilla beans. Fill the bottle with vodka. Let the beans marinate in the vodka for at least a month.

VANILLA EXTRACT

Steps:

• Slice vanilla beans lengthwise and cover with vodka (use 1 cup for every 2 beans). Seal and store in a cool place, shaking occasionally, for 2 months before using.

VANILLA EXTRACT

Steps:

• Combine the vanilla beans and vodka in a jar tall enough to hold the vanilla beans. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for at least a month until the vodka becomes vanilla extract and the beans are soft enough to cut the end and squeeze the seeds out. Add more vanilla or beans, as needed. The extract can sit at room temperature indefinitely.

VANILLA ESSENCE

Steps:

• Place brandy in jar. Scrape in seeds from vanilla beans; add beans. Seal tightly.
• Let stand in cool place at least 2 months, shaking jar occasionally. Store in cool dark place.

VANILLA ESSENCE

Steps:

• Place the brandy in a bottle or jar with a tight-fitting lid.
• Split the vanilla beans and scrape the seeds from the inside into the brandy.
• Add all the scraped beans as well.
• Seal tightly and let steep in a cool place for a few months before using.
• Makes 2 cups.