Homemade Vanilla Extract
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Gregg & Hallee
Ooooh, that would be a good Christmas gift. Good idea Hallee!
Emily – I know! I wish I’d done this the first part of October – then people would have it ready to give as gifts. I need to put a reminder in my calendar to blog about it next fall.
Oh, this cracks me up, Hallee. I was at the grocery store last night and I checked the price of vanilla and was like, “WHY is vanilla so expensive?!” and passed on it. :( Then I wake up this morning and here’s a blog on how to make it! :) I think I might try this. Thank you! :)
Kara: You conjured my post. LOL :)
HAHAHAHA…..”what are you doing here”…are you practicing to become a politician! I love you and my ears are covered… :)
What a GREAT!!! recipe and I LOVE!!! the idea.
Geri
Awesome idea! I am also planning on making an apple pie drink with Everclear (for the holidays), so I’m going to look like a lush buying two bottles of it, LOL!
This makes a good vanilla.
But if you have teenagers, especially boys, let me warn you that they may dip into it – or should I say nip into it. Ours did. I kept wondering why it was going down so fast.
Also, my husband admitted that he liked a tablespoon in his milk. I enjoyed making it – it was so cozy.
Carla – that made me chuckle.
I’ll keep that in mind as my boys grow into teens. HAHA!
Hallee,
My grand-mother had 14 children and learned way ahead of her time about “recycling” leftover food (and everything else) to stay within her low budget.
For this reason I was raised learning all kinds of hints and tips on how to save and reuse every possible food that had not been consumed and avoid at all cost to throw away anything that still has a potential usage. I will never thank my grand-mother enough for this knowledge and the many times it saved my budget. I was wondering it would alright to share with you a little and simple “recycling” recipe for your vanilla pods when the extract is used up.
Vanilla chocolate coating: 400 gr (14oz) white chocolate, broken in small pieces, seeds from 1, 2 or 3 vanilla pods (whatever is left from the empty jar).
To make the vanilla chocolate coating, place 5 cm (2 in) of hot water in a pan and heat. Pop a heatproof bowl on top of the pan, making sure that the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water. Place the white chocolate and the seeds scraped from the vanilla pods into the bowl and gently warm until melted, stirring to distribute the vanilla seeds. Remove from the heat.
Using 2 forks dip cup cakes or chocolate nuggets (can give you that recipe as well) until coated all over or just topped up and place on a bake sheet then sprinkle with chocolate stars or any decoration of your choice. (I also like to top up this coating with red summer fruits for cup cakes). Leave the coating to cool and set in the fridge to set. If needed use the coating a second time on top of first layer and set in the fridge again.
This coating can be prepared ahead of time and left in the freezer for a couple of months.
That sounds amazing, Sabine. Thank you so much! I’m going to make a separate post out of this when I get home!
I was just wondering, once the two month “steeping” period had passed, what is the shelf life of the vanilla?