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Originally Posted by bc-chris
just wondering how your vanilla extract turned out??
mine is soooooooooooooo good!!! it's definitely a lot lighter in colour than store bought vanilla. i'm not sure if that has to do with the beans or if a darker colour is added to the store bought stuff. i know my old bottle does have 'food colouring' as an ingredient. the taste of the new stuff is amazing!
i transferred a good chunk of the extract to another bottle and then topped up the 'extract making' bottle. next batch will be ready in a few months  |
It turned out really good. It got nice and dark and then I let it breathe to let a bit of the alcohol evaporate off because it was pretty overpowering (IMO). I took all the spent beans and scraped the little seeds into some gramulated sugar. I left a few bits of the vanilla pods in the extract, people say you can add more vodka over time, but I am happy with the result and don't want to end up dilluting it. I should get working on another batch though, as my wife started baking a lot recently.