How To Make Vanilla Extract Easily and Save Money🤑

Thank you so much for joining me today as I make Vanilla extract. I am really excited to share the very simple method with you, see below for the quantities.
All you need to make vanilla is vodka and vanilla beans. Here I use Grade B vanilla beans because they are cheaper and I don’t care that they aren’t perfect. Grade A vanilla beans will probably be a little more plump, I just add a couple extra Grade B beans and find that it is still cheaper.
Also I use vodka here, you can use bourbon as well.
Grade Double Fold or strong vanilla extract:
8 ounce bottle of vodka 6-8 grade B beans or 4-6 grade A (depending on size and plumpness you can adjust)
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Rachel

[@missyretzlaff758]

I purchased about 50 vanillas beans how much vodka should I use?

[@itsrachelszil]

Wow that is a lot of beans, that is great! If they are really thick and plump vanilla beans you could make about 6 cups of vanilla at the stronger strength. A good ratio is 6-8 beans per 8 ounce cup. If they are less plump or the smaller size you will probably get closer to 5 cups. If you want to make less at one time, double seal any unused bean in the freezer. Let me know how it goes :)

[@nicolecarter3360]

Good morning just found the video. I'm new to the diy vanilla extract community. I was thinking of using the liquor bottles too but my question became/is how do you get the beans out? Isn't alooot of work? Ty 🙂🙂

[@itsrachelszil]

Hello! I am so sorry I missed this comment until now, I hope it isn't too late. It is honestly a little bit of work to get the beans out of the long narrow spout. I shake it and use a chopstick to catch on them and pull. I always plan to use something different bottle but I do like the tall narrow profile of the bottle, since it doesn't take up as much space on my shelf.

[@rexbeavers6746]

So, what is the normal ratio of alcohol to beans?

[@itsrachelszil]

An easy ratio to go by is 6-8 beans per 8 ounce cup of vodka. You can go up to 10 beans if they are really dry like mine were, but honestly I probably used a few more than I really needed to. I recommend making a larger quantity since the vanilla has to soak for a few months to be fully done. Or start one cup now and then one cup in a month or two so you always have one going. Let me know how it goes:)

[@sengransangma2298]

From where and price per kg

[@itsrachelszil]

grade B vanilla beans on Amazon, 26 for $18.99 as of today

[@sengransangma2298]

@@itsrachelszilfor 750ml of vodka how many vanila beans are needed