Comments on: DIY Vanilla Extract

By: Nam | The Culinary Chronicles

Nam | The Culinary Chronicles — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:11:51 +0000

@hellena – I keep the vanilla pods in the bottle and once it gets nearly 2/3 done, I fill it back up with vodka and start the process over again

@Chaille S – Thanks!! The labels are from the Container Store and I bought the Boston Round Bottles online via Amazon

By: Chaille S

Chaille S — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:23:48 +0000

I love your bottles and labels, where did you get them?

By: hellena

hellena — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:39:43 +0000

So excited to make this. Do you leave the vanilla pods in there or do you take them out after the 2-3 month steeping period?

By: Donna H

Donna H — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:54 +0000

Thanks Terri for getting back to me/us. I think I have used both vanilla’s not thinking about it. Maybe I was thinking the heat from the oven would bake the alcohol out of it. Who knows with me, lol!! I’m going to try to make this anyway and hope the alcohol bakes be gone, lol! Thanks again Donna

By: Terri @ that's some good cookin'

Terri @ that's some good cookin' — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:10:36 +0000

@ zimmsbride–use a mid price vodka. There is no taste advantage in using a high priced vodka. The stuff that I have been using for the past year cost about $10 and I have been producing excellent vanilla with it. By the same token, though, you don’t want to use the vodka sold on the bottom shelf, either.

@ Donna H–Pure vanilla extract is made with alcohol, so if you have been using it without a problem, then the homemade stuff will be just fine, too. On the other hand, if you avoid pure vanilla extract and use imitation vanilla extract so that you won’t have to encounter the alcohol, then making your own alcohol vanilla at home will be problematic.

By: zimmsbride

zimmsbride — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:48:41 +0000

Does the quality of the vodka make any difference?

By: Donna H

Donna H — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:07:12 +0000

I have a question! I can’t drink alcohol for health reasons, so will the vodka hurt me in this Vanilla Extract? Thanks