Regular readers, bear with us, this is our semiannual post on making homemade vanilla extract, ha. We post this because, for many readers, it's new. Plus, as this blog always does, it helps us keep track of when we do stuff so we can look back and see a timeline, how often we make it so we know how much we used, etc.
2nd Man requested that I start another bottle so it would be ready October, just in time for holiday use.
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| Vanilla Bean Kings extract making |
Our go to place now for buying our vanilla beans is VANILLA BEAN KINGS. They have a nice variety and have great prices. We order "Grade B" beans, they are best suited for extract and we use Madagascar, the most flavorful.
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| Homemade vanilla extract |
We use ten beans in one 750ml bottle of vodka*. Cut them in half (along the length to expose the inside) and drop them in the bottle. That's it. Six months later you have a giant bottle of premium vanilla extract. You can filter it with a coffee filter and decant it into smaller bottles or containers. 2nd Man just uses it as is.
Cost:
10 Beans (free shipping): $12
750ml Vodka (local store): $14
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$26 for the finished bottle.
The 750ml is approximately 25 fluid ounces.
A 4oz bottle of Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract is about $25. That puts this bottle's value at around $150!
Not bad for a $26 investment.
*Side note, Smirnoff vodka is the brand we've always used and they are NOT a Russian company, they are British owned and most of the American product shipped here is manufactured in Canada.
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