Home Made Vanilla

[baymule]

I ordered vanilla beans! I bought 1 pound of Tahitian grade B beans for $32.95 and they sent 1/8 pound for free. Shipping was $5.50

http://www.vanillaproductsusa.com/servlet/StoreFront

I chopped 1/2 pound in 1/2" pieces, put in a 1/2 gallon glass jar and covered with vodka. I told DH, I need more vodka! I still have beans! I found a thread on Sufficient Self on vanilla.

http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9155&p=1

 

[so lucky]

Wow! You are going to have enough vanilla to flavor the whole state! Mine took a while to get good and strong; I think about 4 months. So don't get discouraged waiting. I think I only used about 3 beans in a pint of bourbon, though. I used Maker's Mark. That's some good vanilla!

 

[bj taylor]

buy some raw sugar, put a vanilla bean in it. put in a pretty jar & close up tight. wonderful on muffin tops & such.
you know you have to make some ice cream too don't you?

 

[MontyJ]

A shot for the beans...and a shot for me...a shot for the beans...and a shot for me...

 

[Southern Gardener]

 

[897tgigvib]

Hmmm, what flavor alcohol to steep the vanilla in?
(Putting on my used to be a bartender thinking cap)

Wellp, for the spendy deluxe, gotta make it with a fine imported cigar fresh lit in mouth, in a walnut paneled room, Lagavullin Whiskey.

For the whoa way too sweet and cinamonny, After Shock...ahhh. No.

For the serious boozers, everclear...bleyeech!

Hmmm, howabout bombay blue saphire gin? I bet that would be real good.

Hmm, try it in that orange cognac (really a liquer) with the impossible to pronounce name breixtenghleurezwhatthehayicantsayit. Can you? I bet that one would be real good!

 

[vfem]

I make this all the time! We sure do go through a lot of vanilla here. I even sell 4oz bottles for $8 each with the bean in it.

I'm telling you, I save soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much money making our own with how much we bake here. I always have a Quart size jar. When I finish it with the beans in it, I just add more vodka. It works about 3 times before I have to add more beans. I usually do about 10 beans cut in half in that jar.

 

[Nyboy]

Bet you can make a great white russian with vanilla vodka!!

 

[baymule]

I make this all the time! We sure do go through a lot of vanilla here. I even sell 4oz bottles for $8 each with the bean in it.

I'm telling you, I save soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much money making our own with how much we bake here. I always have a Quart size jar. When I finish it with the beans in it, I just add more vodka. It works about 3 times before I have to add more beans. I usually do about 10 beans cut in half in that jar.

How long do you soak the beans? After 3 times, do you do something else with the used beans?

 

[baymule]

I bottled up some vanilla this week. I let this batch soak for almost 2 months. I couldn't stand it any more! I made egg custard and a buttermilk pie and they were sooooooo good! I poured vodka over the vanilla beans to soak again. I also started another batch of vanilla, soaking in a 1/2 gallon of rum. This makes cooking more fun and tastier too!

I am saving glass bottles now. I am using cooking sherry bottles, soy sauce and teriyaki sauce bottles. They make great vanilla bottles!