Homemade Orange Extract

[@lorenbush8876]

Thanks

[@hollydawsonjames1999]

Thank you for your hard work, in making this video…I just bottled lemon extract. I let mine setup 5 months. Have a batch of vanilla extract. It’s been sitting for six months now get it ready for Christmas. Lol I am giving fresh freeze dried herbs and extracts for gifts I’m so excited. Have a blessed day

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

awesome!

[@DETOXTHEAITFT]

Mama wit da grey goose ayyy😊

[@violet5610]

What a great idea with the disclaimer! I just love your channel. You give a great example of how to deal with issues responsibly. Thank you.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Amber Levie...well I really don't think a disclaimer is necessary, however with many new canners looking for information it is probably best to have one.

[@violet5610]

@@HerHomesteadSkills I don't think it's necessary either, but it's a really good solution for the people who want to complain about your experiments and how they could hurt people. It's very diplomatic and a great solution to the issue you were having. Me and a group of my women friends who watch you didn't have the greatest examples of how to be productive problem solvers and it's really great to have an example like you. You are appreciated.

[@erikateixeira4849]

Looks too easy, I guess the same would be for lemon extract. I know I can do this for sure! Thank you Toni! I appreciate all that you share.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Erika Teixeira...very easy, and yes I made lemon as well as a number of other extracts awhile back. I use the vanilla most ofter.

[@sandijammes7761]

@@HerHomesteadSkills I was wondering if you could add peel as you have them or if you think starting a new jar is a better idea. I know I've seen others that add vanilla beans periodically as they have them, vodka too, but I 've thought that would interfere with the original jar/bottle and the amount of time you need to let it sit to gather the flavor. I was also thinking that I'd try raisens this way. My thinking is that for people who can't "process" the fiber from raisens but like the flavor, this extract could be used in baking, etc. I've also been trying to source food grade glycerine locally to be able to use that in place of liquor. Not having much luck with the large size containers so I could start a few "flavors" alcohol free for gifts, etc. I'm sure Amazon would have it, but I prefer not to shop with them. If you haven't seen the HOMESTEAD HEART channel... you might really enjoy it. She has a video on extracts that really got me thinking about this whole process, using everything you can from ALL the foods we grow/buy & she uses the food grade glycerine because she doesn't want the alcohol content. I'm anxious to try some of them both ways, just to see if the flavor is any stronger/better. When you have time tho... check out their channel... they are some of the sweetest people. She ALSO makes her videos interesting for people like me that have canned a lot but seems to really try to keep things simple & very "do-able" to help the folks new to canning. Channels like hers & yours can take a lot of the anxiety out of these processes for those just getting started. Kudos to you both!!

[@DETOXTHEAITFT]

Nice plates

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Yes, I love good china!

[@DETOXTHEAITFT]

Thank you kind lady 😢

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Thank You!

[@cbass2755]

Yay!! That’s me…😃 New canner here….I follow directions to a tee…so I’ll follow this. Thank you!

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Cbass..Hello!

[@kenziekayla8613]

Would be cool to use the Little vodka bottle for the extract.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Kenzie Kayla...Yes, It would be!

[@sandijammes7761]

Ooooh!!! Great idea!

[@1954evelyn]

LOve this, I am wondering can you make lemon extract the same way???

[@susie.goodwin1356]

Yes

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Yes you can!

[@Threadsandjars]

What a hoot, making orange extract on a cutting mat, with a laptop nearby, and a mouse demanding attention. I almost expected you to shave the orange with a rotary cutter, LOL. I know, I have a looney sense of humour. I enjoyed your video, thanks so much. I look forward to watching more of your videos. I also put my disclamer in the Description box. Be healthy, stay safe and many blessings, Morgan

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Threads and jars...ah yes, you noticed the remnants of a past life...You would not believe how many large spools of thread I still have.

[@Threadsandjars]

@@HerHomesteadSkills What do you plan to do with those spools of thread you mentioned on your Dresden quilt video? If you go to my channel and watch the $30,000 Giveaway you will see one of my passions, much like yours. Be healthy, stay safe and many blessings.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Threads and jars...It's always good to have a supply of threads on hand, so I plan to keep them for now...ah yes! "The Studio" yours have a few more tools than mine did, but much the same idea!

[@harrietmartens742]

Hi Toni, thanks so much for the video. I was just taking a break from processing tomatoes for the freeze dryer and happened to see your update.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Harriet Martens...a freeze drier must be real handy if you are still processing tomatoes..

[@harrietmartens742]

@@HerHomesteadSkills - a freeze dryer is great for processing vegetables, meat and ready made meals when you have an excess. Properly packaged the food has a much longer shelf life than canning. Someone gave me 4 large boxes of tomatoes, some were starting to go off, instead of letting them spoil and end up in the garbage, I washed and sorted, then cut them up, used the tomato processor to remove skins and seeds, put the sauce on trays in the freezer to pre-freeze, then into the freeze dryer. When they are done the sauce can be powdered up and sealed into Mylar bags or canning jars with oxygen absorbers. The tomato powder will have a shelf life of 10-15 years. The powder can be reconstituted into tomato paste, tomato sauce, tomato juice and if you also have freeze dried vegetables like carrots, celery, etc you can powder those as well and make a type of V-8 juice. Tomatoes can also be freeze dried in chunks and then added to soups. Freeze drying retains 90-95% of the nutrition in food and is a good standby when garden crops fail. If you have been gardening for years, you know not everything produces as well as it may have the year before, so having freeze dried foods can help fill the gap until the next gardening season. When I first found out about freeze drying I was hesitant to purchase a machine because of the upfront cost, but when I sat down and calculated how much I had spent in the last 4-5 years on canning supplies, I was surprised to find I had spent more than the cost of a machine - so I felt it was worth it to start up freeze drying adventures and I’m not sorry I made the purchase.

[@DETOXTHEAITFT]

For real though ✊🏽

[@mimiohnine]

I’m going to try to low carb your recipe. It looks delicious. I’m sorry….it’s early in the morning….I’m going to low carb your cranberry sauce recipe. And thank you for this tincture/flavoring. It’s going to be yummy in my hot tea in January when the cold winds are blowing. Bless you Toni!! Still praying for God to move mightily in and on the leaders of Canada 🇨🇦

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Mimiohnine...The praying for God to move mightily...Mark would wholeheartedly agree with you!!!

[@michellekelly2937]

I'm definitely going to try this! I always grate fresh orange rind (one large orange) into my bran muffins, but sometimes oranges are quite expensive. It would be nice to have the extract on hand for those times when I don't happen to have a fresh orange. Who knows, maybe I'll like the extract even better! If I use a fine grater to grate the rind, do I just leave the rind in the bottle, or should I strain it out? Do you know how much extract would be equivalent to the rind of one large orange? Would a teaspoon be too much? Thank you so much!

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

homemade orange extract is not as potent as the commercially available one! and no, I don't know what the equivalent would be as oranges do come in various sizes and varieties. Leaving the rind in is ok, just avoid the pulp!

[@iwuvmybigfamily]

This looks great Toni, yummy

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Penny Grant...Thank You!

[@longarmsupplies]

Thanks, from a fellow Canadian! I'm in Alberta...Going to try your cranberry sauce. Zesting the rind would allow you to get more of the peel in less vodka, wouldn't it? Just thinking things through out loud.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Wild Nature Farms...Yes Zesting might work better or about the same!!! and definitely you would use less vodka.

[@rosemarygagnon5613]

Thank you so much!😁

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

rosemary gagnon...Thank You!!

[@RipleysSanatorium]

Perfect for the holiday season

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Vj...Yes!

[@KristaJ73]

I made some with Clementines and let it sit for about 5-6 months. It’s incredible.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Yes the aging helps too!

[@iartistdotme]

I will go get some organic oranges tomorrow! thanks

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

mary w...yup...the nicer the oranges the better the flavor...

[@TheTraceyLynne]

wow, I had no idea it would be that easy. Do you leave the orang peels in the vodka or strain them out when it’s ready to use? This would make such a lovely hostess gift. Can’t wait to get started. thank you very much!

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Tracey McCulley...Personally I have strained out the Orange Peels, but do NOT Strain Vanilla Beans from my extracts.

[@TheTraceyLynne]

Ok, thanks!

[@SuperFlaGal]

Thank you. Very simple! Oooo LIMES!

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

SuperFlaGal...yes, limes, lemons will work just the same.

[@susie.goodwin1356]

Love the disclaimer! Maybe let it stay up a tad longer as it was a blip... I can speed read... But not that fast! 😂😂😂 You can also pin it in the comments and or description box too. And I almost went looking for that vid too... 😂😂😂👍

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Susie. Goodwin...I wanted to embed it in the videos, I also placed it in my "about" home page where you can read at at your leisure, however yes I can and likely will pin it in the description as well.

[@sandijammes7761]

@@HerHomesteadSkills the disclaimer is a great idea! I think if I were you... I 'd leave it there for all your canning videos. If "they" still want to criticize & carry on... a quick comment from you to "SEE DISCLAIMER" should suffice! Just think of the time put BACK in your day by not having to defend YOUR KITCHEN, YOUR RULES,etc. Personally, I think you've been very patient with these people who can't seem to use common sense & more than that seem to not understand their option to just keep scrolling. Good on you! Also... I'm really glad that the 1st post that came up for me after I responded to your answer to my questions about the cranberry recipe was this "recipe"!! I'm really looking forward to trying it along with lemons & limes. I'm pretty sure I'll be picking up a LARGE bottle of vodka & all the citrus before you can't afford ANY of them!! Have a great day Toni! Thanks again.

[@MQ-cw9qx]

Why haven't I been doing this...I have visions of grapefruit, lemon, lime kumquat...and maybe venturing past citrus fruit. Thank you.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

MQ...LOL...so many choices!

[@MQ-cw9qx]

@@HerHomesteadSkills Sometimes my imagination and my ambition makes me bite off more than I can comfortably chew!!

[@nsazensaze7070]

Great video. Can I use ethanol 95° instead of vodka just for the smell so to use it on a perfume?

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

as long as it is "food grade" you can, however I have no idea if ethanol 95° IS food grade or not.

[@nsazensaze7070]

@@HerHomesteadSkills thank you for your reply. No, it is not food grade 'cause it is denaturated, but i thought i could use it in perfumes only

[@gidget8717]

Since I don't have any small bottles on hand can I just use buy vodka in small bottles? Just open the bottle and add the vanilla bean (or citrus peel) to it and leave it in the original bottle? Any reason you can think of, that wouldn't work? I'm excited to try this. I caught myself before I started clapping my hands 👏👏👏👏👏 The last time I got that excited about a kitchen project, I had sprouts growing everywhere and in everything. My husband was afraid he was going to find sprouts coming out his ears. He gets nervous if I gleefully clap my hands! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Gidget Hale...LOL.. I can't think of any reason why that would not work!!!!!!

[@michellemaria7154]

That is what my mom does

[@gidget8717]

@@michellemaria7154 I'm sending my husband out today to get some vodka. I ordered vanilla beans yesterday. And have both oranges and lemons in the refrigerator already. I'm glad you told me about your mom, that mean its a good idea!

[@tpaw6908]

Awesome I'd love the smell. I'm doing that soon.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

T Paw...Yes the smell of oranges is very appealing!

[@cbass2755]

That’s it? Wow….I can do this…Lol…..now how would I use this Tony? Does it turn out like jelly?

[@susie.goodwin1356]

No it stays liquid form. She used some in her cranberry sauce recipe.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Cbass...like Susie Goodwin said!

[@jeremyprince4945]

What happens if the pith is still attached to the peel?

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

bitter, bitter, bitter!!!

[@DadsOldHondaCivic2.0]

If you dehydrate the Peel for like 20 minutes, it gets rid of all the moisture in the pith. so then at that point it doesn't even matter as long as the peel is still somewhat flexible when you throw it into the alcohol you're good

[@cindymarie2475]

Did you sterilize the container?

[@kenziekayla8613]

Easy Peasy!

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Kenzie Kayla...most things are, they just take some time!

[@banstaman]

Are there any differences between using fresh and dried peels?

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

not sure, but I don't think so!

[@rbsamar]

Thank u I was going to ask u how to make it.

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Barbara Samar...Thank You...yes it's real easy to make!

[@sandijammes7761]

OK. This is officially the most comments I've ever made on one post! Geeeeepers!! But here goes. I think that the little vodka bottle looked like it said GREY GOOSE on it. If not, my comment will still apply for anyone going out for vodka. For those that have a Costco membership, their own brand of vodka is comparable to Grey GOOSE at a MUCH better price. Just a thought to help save a little money. Happy concocting everyone!!

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

Sandi Jammes...It did say GG on the bottle, but it doesn't matter which brand is used.

[@DadsOldHondaCivic2.0]

You still have to get rid of the alcohol in order to have extract otherwise he just have orange flavored vodka 😢

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

The alcohol is cooked off in the baking process...but yes I understand!

[@DadsOldHondaCivic2.0]

@@HerHomesteadSkills not sure u mentioned that part ... ✌🏼

[@HerHomesteadSkills]

you are right, I likely did not mention that part.