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  • 5 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 2 Ingredients

83 Comments

Who ever knew vanilla essence was so easily made?!


Ingredients

  • 500mL Vodka (any brand)
  • 20 vanilla bean sticks

Method

  1. Slice the vanilla sticks open, place them into the vodka bottle and walk away.
  2. Shake gently once a day and you'll have vanilla essence in 2 months :)

Notes

I bought my vanilla beans on ebay and use some leftover vodka. Good quality vanilla essence can be fairly pricey. Using homemade gives you a larger batch for a better price!

  • Wow I had no idea that’s how you make vanilla essence!

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  • Well there you go. I had no clue how to make vanilla essence

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  • Wow! Honestly never knew vodka would be in a recipe for making vanilla essence but this is good to know.
    How long is the shelf life of something like this with it being 500ml?

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  • Certainly a different use for vodka!

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  • Really interesting and useful recipe. Thanks so much.

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  • Need to do this and make some for my baking friends :) Thank you for sharing

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  • A great idea. Thankyou.


    • A terrific and clever idea – a two month project.

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  • It seems so obvious when you see the picture and instructions but … I would never have thought of it.

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  • mmmmm vanilla vodka … lol ..thanks for the vanilla essence recipe

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  • Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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  • Clever idea !your right Vanilla essence does get pricey.

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  • i loved and shared this

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  • Homemade vanilla essence is handy to know

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  • this is a clever idea
    thanks so much for posting this awesome recipe

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  • I never knew you could make your own vanilla essence, clever you and you’re right good vanilla essence is expensive.

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  • Incredible. I had no idea you could make it so easily yourself.

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  • this is excellent, I will make this! thanks so much

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  • Very clever!!!

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  • looks great..i will have to try this

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  • WOW I had no idea it was only vodka and Beans. I guess you learn something everyday!

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