Making the best Vanilla Extract you have ever tasted.

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Sandi shows how to make homemade vanilla extract and talks about alcohol and non alcoholic versions of vanilla extract.

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[ziggylamber]

I have a huge Wild Turkey bottle full of Mexican vanilla from 1963. You cannot even imagine what 60 year old vanilla smells like. It is incredible! I am truly blessed

[Deborah-qncw]

I put my beans directly into the bottles of alcohol instead of all the tiny bottles, when it’s ready, I put into 4 oz bottles and label each one and gift them to friends and family, easier to shake a large bottle than all those small ones.

[cynthiabrown]

The vanilla orchid is native to a specific region of Mexico. When oil was discovered in the area, the jungle was cut down and very few of the vanilla orchids survived. But the real tragedy was the specialized pollinator insect that evolved with this one type of plant was lost as well. It was strong enough to pierce the orchid to pollinate it. It does not occur in any other part of the world. The orchid was successfully transplant to other countries, Tahiti, Madagascar, etc. But they no longer had the specialized pollinating insect and thus must be hand pollinated.

[renealee]

I have been making homemade vanilla for almost 10 years. I started with vodka but in the last two years I've switched to white rum. I love the rum based vanilla better. I gift my vanilla as well. You are absolutely correct about letting it age so long before using! I have only been letting it set about a year but I will let my newest start to keep for 2 year before using to see if it makes it even richer.

[waterfirefun]

Make a delicious creme soda: Take 1T of your vanilla with 2 T of maple syrup and fill glass with sparkling water! Yum

[stephenrudyk]

So, get a pint jar, put 5 vanilla beans strips in the jar, fill with vodka, mix it up once in a while. Ready in 18 months. Thank you. Appreciate the video.

[LL-rmvj]

I just love her. She could have been everyone's favorite school teacher. I would love to be her real-life friend and neighbor! I bet she has a dry sense of humor too. More recipies please.

[bmorgan]

I've been making my own vanilla extract for 15 years. After joining a vanilla bean co-op I learned that I was actually supposed to be putting 1 oz of vanilla beans to 1 cup of alcohol, for single fold. My vanilla extract is now spectacular compared to what it used to be. I get an oz of the most plump beautiful vanilla beans I've ever seen for $9-$13 per oz. If you want a more pure vanilla extract use everclear diluted properly with distilled water. The longer the vanilla sits the better it is. I have a 15 year old extract that's devine. You never have to take the beans out. I have mother bottles of separate types of beans and bottles of blended beans. The blended (Madagascar, PNG, Syrian, so on and such) in 1 bottle together that are far better than single bean bottles. But it's important to use 1 oz of vanilla beans to 1 cup of alcohol. You can use the caviar from the beans and put the beans back in the extract to continue to extract. Leave the beans whole in the alcohol and pull out as needed. Snip the end off and squeeze the caviar out like toothpaste, but the bean back in the extract. You can also use oak blocks to finish your extract, it tones down the alcohol smell.

[andrytenor]

I am from Madagascar and I am glad to hear that you make your extract from out vanilla. I work directly with the local vanilla growers in Madagascar and see the hard work that they put in doing this. Thanks for the video.

[katykayy]

I have a lifetime of vanilla! I put about 15 Vanilla beans cut in half into a gallon of vodka. After a year I started using it by putting some in a smaller jar for the kitchen. Keep the gallon in a dark closet. As I take some out I refill the gallon of vanilla with more vodka. My vanilla is now 2 years old, very very dark. Never let it get low. Always refill as you use it. Lifetime of vanilla! It works!

[estanford]

The price of the vanilla beans is really not an issue when you consider what they’re charging you in the grocery store for a small 2 ounce bottle of real vanilla extract. The price in the store is outrageous!

[debrapalmer]

I have made my own vodka based vanilla for 20 years. I use about a tablespoon for part of the water when I make pie dough. The vodka relaxes the gluten in the pie dough making it easier to roll out, and it flavors the pie crust.

[baldnproud]

I’m Starting Vanilla Extract as soon as my vanilla beans arrive! I watched a lot of peoples videos on how to make vanilla extract I like how you explain things, to me you explains things better. 👩🏾‍🦲😘

[mddsgn]

I think you are generous to share your personal process with us, not just take us through how to do it ourselves. Thank you. I'm so excited to make this for gifts next year.

[Habeev]

Ive known this lady for 15 seconds... SHE IS AWESOME!! 9:30 in and i'm stunned. This is cool information.

[nancydelu]

My mum made this in 1970s. At the same time, she put coffee in some of the jars. It wasn't until 1982 after her death that I discovered her treasure trove.

[NessaRossini...]

I have vanilla beans brewing for years in large bottles of: Vodka, White Rum, Dark Rum, Spiced Rum, and Whiskey. I've forgotten about them. I think they're almost 5 years old. They're tucked away in a closet.
I just bought a half pound of Madagascar Bourbon vanilla beans and will start more bottles. I didn't realize the flavor improves so much from aging. I think I need to try some in my next recipe.

[seriouslyreally]

Plant History: They originated in Mexico and were pollinated by a bee that is native only to Mexico. When it was brought to Europe by explorers it took botanist a while to figure out the pollination problem of why they couldn't get the orchid to form the seed pod we know as vanilla and how to hand pollinate to produce the pods. They can grow in the tropics everywhere or in greenhouses but its the labor intensive nature of hand pollination of each flower that makes vanilla pods so expensive.

[heathernelson]

Don't know how this came up in my recommended videos but I'm so glad it did. I'm a huge fan of instant gratification so this will try my patience but I love how so very easy this is.

[candiedisilvio]

Sometimes it pays to be late to the party! Since it’s almost 2 years from the original posting of this video, I’m very interested in finding out how the vanilla spiced rum extract turned out