These little brown sticks are vanilla beans in case you've never seen them before.
Here we have a large jug of vodka. It's not only great for daiquiris and other drinks though. Today we're making our own vanilla. Aren't you excited? It's the easiest thing you'll ever make.
Take your vanilla beans and a some scissors. This is optional, but I like to slice the beans.
I feel that it gives more flavor quickly when the beans have been sliced.
Find a mason jar or other container. I love using mason jars for whatever I can. We have them all over our house. Place a few vanilla beans in your jar. I think I ended up with 4 beans in there.
Add some of that wonderful vodka to the jar.
Stick a lid on the jar. Shake it up every so often. After a few days your vanilla will have a beautiful golden caramel color to it.
After a few weeks or a couple months you will get a deep amber brown color letting you know that your vanilla is ready to be used. Now go and make some cookies. This jar is actually over a year old. When it gets low I just add more vodka. I also just started another jar since it seems like I use quite a bit a vanilla around here. Stop buying that nasty imitation vanilla with disgusting fillers in them. Make your own and know what you're putting into your body. Vodka and vanilla is a win win, right?
