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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Using a sharp kitchen knife, cut a lengthwise slit down the middle of each vanilla bean. | 2. Cut vanilla beans into 1/2-3/4 inch pieces. | 3. Pour vodka into your container. If using corn syrup, add and shake to dissolve syrup. Sugar can be used, but is harder to dissolve. | 4. Add vanilla beans to container and shake. | 5. Keep vanilla extract in a cool, dark place, with the bottle tightly closed, to prevent evaporation and loss of flavor. | 6. Once each day, vigorously shake the container for 30-seconds. | 7. It will take at least 30 days for the vanilla extract to mature. The longer it sits, the stronger it gets. I know people who make this in July and don't use until December, when baking time begins and to use for gifts. | 8. Shake vanilla bottle before each use. | 9. As the contents of the bottle are poured out, top it up occasionally with additional vodka and a bit more corn syrup; about once a year add a couple more finely chopped vanilla pods. | 10. Occasionally spoon out some of the mass of vanilla pods that settle to the bottom of the jar for when you want a very intense vanilla flavor (such as homemade vanilla ice cream or butter/vanilla pretzel cookies). | 11. Another thing you could do is to remove some the vanilla beans from the alcohol, dry them thoroughly and place them in a canister of sugar to make vanilla sugar. | 12. You may want to use one-fourth to one-third the amount called for in most recipes as this has a very strong vanilla flavor. | 13. Small flecks of the vanilla pods will be in the vanilla extract - they provide additional flavor. They also appear as dark flecks in light-colored food, don’t shake the bottle if you don’t want the flecks to appear. | 14. Vanilla extract will stay fresh for two years unopened and for one year after being opened. | 15. Small bottles with the vanilla beans left in them make great gifts for friends who bake. Include the basic instructions and a few extra vanilla pods in case they want to make an even stronger extract or wish to make some vanilla sugar on the side. | 16. To strain and bottle for storage: Use a very fine strainer, coffee filter, or paper towel to strain. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vodka	1/2			32.7437	0.0	0.0	0.0
vanilla bean	4			48.38399999999999	2.1252	0.0101	0.0101
corn syrup	2 -3	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.