Comments on: Make Your Own Vanilla

By: Suzie

Suzie — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:38:45 +0000

If you go to Amazon you can get amazing vanilla beans relatively cheap. I order a pkg. of 56 beans for less then 25$ they are fresh and beautiful. you should check on it if you want to do this for gifts. And if you are cutting your bean why not cut them in half to stick them in. I use two beans per jar.

By: CHERI

CHERI — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:50:39 +0000

In reply to Katy.

Katy,
you can leave it in. It will not hurt at all. I do know some people will use 1/2 of the bottle and then go start another bottle. They will then refill the 1st bottle and let it sit for another 6-weeks –making it last longer. Once the quality of your vanilla tastes “watered down” I would add a new vanilla bean or you could add a half of a bean in when you refill it so it is just as strong once it has had time to “brew”. Some people will use a coffee filter to filter out the tiny little vanilla beans (not the pod but the tiny beans inside the pod) and other people just leave the tiny beans in the vanilla.

By: Katy

Katy — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:42:37 +0000

Do you take the vanilla bean out after 6-8 weeks or do you leave it in until the vanilla runs out? I am so excited to try this!

By: katie

katie — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:38:29 +0000

I’ve never made my own but always wanted to try! Thanks for the tutorial!

By: Bev

Bev — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:44:15 +0000

I never knew this! Awesome – great way to improve the end quality of what we work so hard to bake~

By: CHERI

CHERI — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:03:15 +0000

In reply to Shelisa.

Shelisa,
There were several kinds of flavored runs. I remember coconut, mango, coffee, raspberry… I just thought some of those sounded good– Raspberry Vanilla–mmmmm!!!

By: Shelisa

Shelisa — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:12:42 +0000

I am looking forward to hearing which combination you like better before I try it. What flavored kinds would you make if you were going too?

By: CHERI

CHERI — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:10:33 +0000

In reply to Christine.

Christine I just made the vanilla. I will have to wait 6-8 weeks for it to finish “brewing”. I will post again in a few weeks and show how it looks.

Cheri

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:06:07 +0000

So which one did you like better?

By: CHERI

CHERI — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:17:48 +0000

Yes Jami–pure vanilla is just liquor and vanilla bean. Stores many times add corn starch because of the lower quality vanilla beans that they use but with quality products there is no need for it.
It will last forever as long as it is stored in a dry cool place.

By: freckled laundry

freckled laundry — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:36:01 +0000

Hmmm. Never knew you used liquor in Vanilla. I have to try this. It would make a great gift! Does it have a shelf life or will it pretty much last forever?