On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:59:16 -0700, "Nexis" > wrote:

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>"Ozark Baby" > wrote in message
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>> We are planning on making our own homemade vanilla extract. What I
>> want to do is to be able to give some as gifts. What size bottle would
>> anyone recommend for gifts? The other question is if I would need to
>> seal, like with canning, such jars of extract once it is made, after 6
>> months, or what? Would this homemade extract be ok just sitting on
>> shelves or should it be refrigerated or what? Any suggestions would be
>> appreciated.
>
>I'm assuming you're making it with alcohol, yes? So that would be fine on
>the shelf. My mom used to make it years back and I remember thinking that
>someone should make a perfume that smelled like vanilla...little did I know
>years later there would be perfume, bath soaps, lotions....heheh
>
>How much are you making? If you use a 750ml bottle of alcohol (which is
>about 25 1/2 ounces), you can then use roughly six 4 ounce bottles for
>bottling. Apothecary bottles with screw tops would work fine, and you don't
>need to process it.
>
>kimberly

Yes, I plan on using vodka to make it in and I plan on buying a fifth,
however much that is. LOLOL Thanks so much for your help.