vanilla essence
Whoa what a wild week of weather we’re having at the moment, I hope that everyone is warm, dry and safe. I am loving the idea’s floating around the blogging world of gifts in jars, I think they’re so sweet and there are endless ideas! For someone who loves to bake, what could be a better gift this Christmas than some homemade vanilla essence or simply some delicious vanila beans? Its so easy to do and I guarantee the lucky person recieving this will love it, I made some as a gift for our bridesmaids last year and they’re still raving about it. xx
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Vanilla Essence
Whats great about this ‘recipe’ is that you can make as much or as little as you like, also every time that you use the seeds from a vanilla pod – don’t throw the pod out, just add it to your jar and your essence will just get better and better over time.
Any size mason/airtight jar that you like
3 – 4 vanilla beans – for 1/5L I have 6, split lengthways and deseeded
Vodka
Sterilise your mason jar by washing throughly with warm soapy water, rinse, then place into your oven. Bring the temp to 110°C and leave for 5-10min, then turn your oven off and allow the jar to cool before taking it out of the oven – if you don’t it can crack especially on cooler days.
Once your jar is sterilised, fill the jar with vodka, add the vanilla beans (with seeds removed) and then put in a cool dark spot for 6-8 weeks and shake every week. Of course the more vanilla beans that you add to the vodka the stronger the flavour will be!
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This looks delish! Just letting you know I’ve passed on a “Versatile Blogger” award to you via my latest post. Have a good day!
Aw thank you so much Jolene for the award – SO kind of you! So glad that you like the vanilla essence, hope you have a wonderful day and lead up to Christmas too. x