This year's homemade Christmas gift got its start all the way back in August! I had seen several articles on making your own vanilla and thought it was worth a try. Plus, two summers ago one of the labs in my building was getting cleaned out for a remodel and boxes of amber bottles were up for grabs. (Don't worry, the bottles went through the dishwasher twice.)
I was surprised to learn that pure vanilla extract is nothing more than
vanilla beans, cheap vodka and time. This is definitely not a project to start a week before Christmas!
This also made a perfect little project for Kari and I to work on together. I split the beans and she dropped them in the bottle. The embarrassing part now is when Kari publicly declares the need for more vodka whenever we're at the grocery store.
I found the label printable
here.
This is such an easy project I plan to make my own vanilla from here forward. And, considering how much vanilla we go through in our house between granola and oatmeal pancakes, this actually should be a cost savings.
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