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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

DIY: Homemade Vanilla Extract

DIY homemade vanilla extract

You need: 

3 vanilla beans (I brought mine from Mauritius!)
1 cup vodka
and a bottle!

vanilla beans
need for DIY homemade vanilla extract
 vodka for DIY homemade vanilla extract
 vodka and bottle for DIY homemade vanilla extract

All you do is pour unflavored vodka into a glass bottle, split the vanilla beans in half and stick them into the bottle. A good ratio is 1 vanilla bean per 1/3 cup of vodka. You need to let this steep in a dark place at room temperature for a couple of months until it is ready to use.

vanilla beans for DIY homemade vanilla extract
vanilla beans cut for DIY homemade vanilla extract
DIY homemade vanilla extract
DIY homemade vanilla extract
DIY homemade vanilla extract

Really easy! Christmas is in 6 months, so you can start making some nice gifts now and keep them in a dark (secret :)) place. Have fun!

6 comments:

  1. that's such a good idea! and it's crazy easy, who would've thought. totally stealing this idea ;)

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  2. really cool idea, it also looks nice :))

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  3. Just stumbled upon your blog, so cute & nifty DIY!

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  4. wow this looks great, what a fantastic idea! thank you for sharing :)

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  5. I sooo need to do this for Christmas gifts! Such a fun idea!

    Thanks for linking up last week! You were one of my favorite links.. check it out tomorrow :)

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  6. What!? That's all it takes? My mind is blown right now. Thanks for posting this!

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