Probably the easiest thing I have ever made! The hard part is waiting 6 months for it to be ready!
Last summer a friend of mine asked several of us on Facebook if we would like to go in on vanilla bean with her. She ordered a half a pound of vanilla bean for about $26 from Amazon and we split it 5 ways. I sliced my portion of beans length wise and added it t a gallon sized pickle jar. Next time I think I will try1 bean in it's own bottle and make them individually. I bought 2 large bottles of vodka and poured them into the pickle jar and closed the lid. Store it in a dark place for six months and shake the jar weekly.
During the six months I would occasionally taste the concoction. The first few months it tasted like Vanilla Flavored Vodka, so you can stop there an make cocktails with it, if you want. Five months later it was finally taking on the smell and flavor of Vanilla Extract, Around that time I ran out of my Vanilla Extract, so I fixed my self a bottle and I have been using it for two months now. I left the rest in the pickle jar, until Christmas time. It was finally ready to go, when I poured the content into small Perrier bottles I have been saving. I added a bean to each bottle and gave a bottle along with a bag of pancake mix and a half a dozen of my chickens eggs out as Christmas gifts.
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