A recipe to prepare your own homemade vanilla extract. Why? Because you want to use the real thing and not a chemical substitute with vanilla flavor.
A recipe for homemade vanilla extract. Why? In sweet baking recipes, you come across this ingredient a lot. You can buy it at a supermarket, but if you read the label, it is actually counterfeit a chemical vanilla extract aroma.
If you want the real thing, you have to be at a better cook and bake store. And you pay quite a bit for a small bottle. But did you know that you can also make it yourself? It's very easy! And you know exactly what goes into it. No chemical additives, very tasty.
- The vanilla extract is marinated for 3 months before you use it. That way the vodka gets a deep vanilla flavor.
- The base of this extract has to contain alcohol. And you choose an alcoholic beverage that has got almost no added flavor. Therefore you choose vodka. If you don't use alcohol you couldn't store the vanilla extract. If you don't want to use alcohol use vanilla sugar or a pod of vanilla.
- This recipe is great for about 1 year of baking (at least in my household).
- You can make a mint extract by putting 5 sprigs of mint in the vodka
- You can make a cinnamon extract by putting 3 cinnamon sticks in the vodka.
Storage
- Store the bottle in a dark, cool place. That way you can store it up to a year.
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📖 Recipe
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Ingredients
- 750 ml vodka
- 5 vanilla pod
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Instructions
- Remove 50 ml of vodka from the bottle.
- Cut the vanilla beans open and put them in the bottle.
- Put the bottle away for 3 months in a cool, dark place.
- Keep the bottle turned upside down once a week and put it away in the dark again.
- The extract is ready after 3 months.
- N.B. I use a lot of vanilla extract (of course also because of the blog and I use about a bottle a year) Most times you need 1 teaspoon in a recipe
Notes
- The vanilla extract is marinated for 3 months before you use it. That way the vodka gets a deep vanilla flavor.
- The base of this extract has to contain alcohol. And you choose an alcoholic beverage that has got almost no added flavor. Therefore you choose vodka. If you don't use alcohol you couldn't store the vanilla extract. If you don't want to use alcohol use vanilla sugar or a pod of vanilla.
- This recipe is great for about 1 year of baking (at least in my household).
- You can make a mint extract by putting 5 sprigs of mint in the vodka
- You can make a cinnamon extract by putting 3 cinnamon sticks in the vodka.
Nutrition
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