Pure Vanilla Extract

This is a follow-up on the Homemade Pure Vanilla Extract that I posted last year. Do you see how dark it is? I wish you could smell it because it smells amazing! It is one of the easiest things you can make and it never goes bad.

As I use the Pure Vanilla Extract in baking I add more vodka to keep the vanilla beans covered. This bottle is my mother bottle. I keep a small bottle from the mother bottle, without the vanilla beans, in my cupboard for baking.

Pure Vanilla Extract is so expensive. It is with good reason too. It takes a good six months to get a wonderful taste. The longer it sits the better it gets! I keep mine in a paper bag in the cool, dark basement and just shake it about once a week. It is made with alcohol and…