I decided I needed to include a brief description of how to make homemade vanilla extract. I bake so much (and make so much ice cream) I have to make my own vanilla or I would go broke. It is also the best vanilla ever!
Vanilla beans can be expensive so I usually buy mine online at Firehouse Pantry, or in a pinch, Amazon. I buy 4 oz at a time which keeps me in business for a few months.
Vanilla Extract
Ingredients
- 3 vanilla beans, split, scraped, and beans set aside for something else (see video below)
- 1.75 ml middle shelf vodka, I use Smirnoff
Instructions
- Place the vanilla pods in the bottle of vodka, screw on the cap, and set aside for about 3 months.
- You will know when the vanilla is ready when the vodka has turned brown and you smell vanilla instead of vodka.
- I keep mine as is, just pouring off a little at a time to fill a small bottle for daily use, until I have used all the vanilla extract.
Happy Food Ninja 
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