Comments on: Homemade Vanilla Extract

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:19:51 +0000

Hi
What a great webb page you have like it alot
Was going to ask you brief about your recipe for home made vanilla extract. how good is the sustainability i mean how long can you leave the vanilla pod in the alcohol.?? In some recipe the have added suger is that something you fell is necesserary to establish or is it just useless to have it . Can be fun to here what you think .
Take care

Kent

By: zoe

zoe — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:10:42 +0000

Hi Gladys,

You can keep adding beans and topping off the vodka to replenish the extract. If it becomes too crowded with beans then start to swap out some of the old ones for new.

Thanks, Zoë

By: Gladys

Gladys — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:39:44 +0000

How long can you add beans to the original bottle. Do you remove older beans or should you just start a new bottle at some point?

By: zoe

zoe — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:15:55 +0000

Hi Winnie,

Yes, this sounds right. Don’t forget that the alcohol will burn off when you cook/bake with it.

Thanks, Zoë

By: Winnie

Winnie — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:00:13 +0000

Hi! I made 250 ml of vodka wif 8 pods. Been aging it for 6 mth now. It still smell of alcohol though the vanilla smell is strong. Is it suppose to be like that?

By: zoe

zoe — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:04:29 +0000

Hi Jen,

Did you give it a good shake and taste it? It should be great to use at this point. If your beans were on the small side or at all dry, you can just add more of them at any point. I add more every time I use vanilla in a recipe.

Thanks, Zoë

By: Jen T

Jen T — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:47:49 +0000

I have a question for you. What should it smell like in the end? I used 2 cups of vodka and 12 beans and it’s been hanging out since mid July. I can smell vanilla but it still smells heavy on the vodka side. I’m not expecting it to smell as yummy as the store bought stuff does, but I don’t want to give it out and fail. Thanks!

By: zoe

zoe — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:51:22 +0000

Hi Alice,

That is wonderful, enjoy all the vanilla!

Cheers, Zoë

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:46:21 +0000

I looked in the store for vanilla beans and they were like $7.00 for three beans. So I went to eBay and got them for 50 for $15.00. They are perfect and just started my vanilla extract last night. So excited!!!

By: Saara

Saara — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:24:46 +0000

Hello! I stumbled on your site and have been spending hourssss ogling all the goodies, haha. I had a question- I cannot have alcohol, in any quantity, is there any way to make vanilla extract without alcohol? Or any way to substitute it with something just as good that has not got alcohol in it?

Thank You!