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>,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In article >,
> (ms. tonya) wrote:
>
> > Been looking for a book as I want to make my own extracts & flavorings
> > but having no luck.
>
> > Happy Holidays.
>
> I can only say that I've had about 8-10 vanilla beans soaking in
> Smirnoff for a few weeks. The beans were a gift from a friend's
> daughter; some were "baking" grade, others were "make your own vanilla"
> grade. Her instruction said one bean to one ounce of vodka. That's
> only 2 tablespoons of vodka. I didn't measure. . . just slit a bunch
> of beans and set them into the vodka. I shake it up every day. And
> give it a sniff. Smells pretty good, if I do say.

Mom taught me to make vanilla extract the same way, except she used
everclear... <g>
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