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How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe

Last Updated: October 26, 2020 By Linnie 2 Comments

 
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Homemade Vanilla Extract is the easiest thing you’ll ever make at home! 2 simple ingredients and in a couple months you’ll have the best holiday gift ever.

Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe

I was looking at my vanilla extract one day and realized how it had ‘natural caramel coloring’ added to it. Yeah, no thanks.

There just had to be another way to make it! Well my friends, yes, yes there is.

You’ll be blown away by how easy this is.

I am going to show you the easiest and most practical way to make your own homemade vanilla extract!

  • All you need are cute glass bottles (that is of course a requirement)
  • fresh vanilla beans
  • unflavored vodka
  • and a little bit of time.

Believe me, homemade vanilla extract is 1000 times better than anything you can buy in the store.

It starts perfectly with fresh vanilla beans…

Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe

How to Make homemade vanilla extract

  1. You want to slice the vanilla beans to fit into the bottles and slice down the middle to expose the guts of the beans, aka as the caviar.
  2. Add any unflavored vodka to the bottles and tightly seal with a lid.

Yep.. that’s it.

Ends in Homemade, All-Natural Vanilla Extract 2-3 Months Later. The picture below is the vanilla extract on it’s 3-month mark.

You can use this for all the gluten-free apple crisps, chocolate chip cookies and applesauce spice cakes that you would need vanilla extract for.

Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe

How to keep the vanilla extract going

Each bottle I’d say has about 4-5 uses out of them by reusing the vanilla beans.

You can actually keep adding vodka to the bottles overtime once you’ve used a little. This extract will practically last forever! We personally keep them on a rotation since you still need about 3 months for them to soak.

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How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract Recipe

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Homemade Vanilla Extract is the easiest thing you'll ever make at home! 2 simple ingredients and in a couple months you'll have the best holiday gift ever.
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Yield: 16

Prep Time:25 min

Cook Time:25 min

Total Time:50 min

Ingredients:

  • 16-18 4-Ounce Glass Jars with Lids
  • 25 Fresh Madagascar Vanilla Beans
  • Half Gallon of Unflavored Vodka
  • Funnel that fits bottles

Directions:

  • 1. Slice vanilla beans to fit in the bottles, slice down the middle to expose the caviar.
  • 2. With the funnel pour unflavored vodka into bottles and seal with a lid.
  • 3. Wait at least 2 months, 5 months is even better.

Author: Linnie

Nutrition Information:

Serving size: 1
Recipe, images, and text © Veggie Balance

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Filed Under: Desserts, Gluten-Free, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian

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  1. Amber says

    January 17, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    Shaking the bottles once a week brings out more flavor.

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    • Lindsay says

      January 17, 2016 at 5:37 pm

      Yes! Thank you for making that point Amber. Get that vanilla bean deliciousness moving around! 😉

      Reply

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