Blueberry and vanilla? A match made in heaven! Imagine, Grandma's old fashioned warm and gooey blueberry cobbler. Yum! Blueberry vanilla extract will enhance the delicious taste of fresh picked blueberries with the addition of those deep vanilla tones provided by the Madagascar beans. Add this to your recipes such as, cookies, breads, smoothies, dressings and marinades. Michelle’s recipe is so simple and clean with just 4 ingredients. You gotta try this!!
Ingredients:
- 12 oz Vodka - Your favorite you already have on hand. Michelle uses Member's Mark (Sam's Club equivalent )
- 1/2 oz Madagascar Vanilla Beans Cut and split
- 1 Cinnamon Stick (I used Ceylon)
- 1 oz Freeze Dried Blueberries (I used Good & Gather from Target)
- 1 pint Mason jar
Instructions:
- First, add the vanilla beans, then cinnamon stick, berries, and finally the vodka into your glass jar.
- Let it sit in a dark cool spot for about 4 weeks, then strain out berries and remove the cinnamon stick. (You don't want the cinnamon to be too overpowering.)
- Add more fresh freeze dried blueberries to the extract leaving the vanilla beans in the jar for more extracting. (No cinnamon stick)
- Let it sit for 2 1/2 months. (I did a taste test halfway through here, it just was not quite ready. At the end, it was perfect!)
- Strain the berries out but keep the vanilla beans in until the extract is gone.
Here's a video from one of our live extract making parties that shows how to make this amazing extract:
A big thank you to Michelle for sharing her simple and clean Blueberry Buckle recipe!
Comments
Using white rum instead is a great idea! Using rum will result in a sweeter extract, but may take longer to reach the desired extraction and flavor.
In our extract making guide you can find out more about using different spirits for extraction, simply copy and paste the following link into your browser:
https://www.vanillapura.com/pages/why-extract-vanilla-with-different-spirits
Could I use white rum rather than vodka?
Susan, Your extract will just have a little more cinnamon flavor. I actually did the same thing and forgot to change mine out. It’s wonderful:) Test it with a little milk and see what you think.
I am a bit anxious. I put my blueberry buckle on the counter in a brown bag and shook it when I first did it. Then we had lots of illness and i put it in the cabinet to brew. I forgot about it until today when I was making more extract and found it. The Cinnamon was still in the bottles. I strained the whole thing and put 1 oz fresh freeze dried berries in and 1/2 oz Sentani and 1/2 oz sumatra to each of the two jars . I put back the Madagascar beans that were in the mix to start. I added more Vodka to fill the jar. Do you think it can be salvaged. I used the other Vanilla beans bc they both said they had raisin /berry flavor.
I have frozen blueberries from a pick in July. Are they ok to use or must they be freeze dried?
Hopefully Vicki Feldman sees this comment regarding her question about freeze dried vz. dehydrated berries. Yes technically you can and you should see good results though the blueberry flavor may not be as intense. Solution: Either add more dehydrated berries, buy some blueberry powder, or best yet grind some of your own into power. Add at the end and keep tasting until you are happy with the flavor.
We hope this helps and that you enjoy the results.
Regards and Best Wishes,
Howard – from a farm in N.E Ohio with about 5000 blueberry bushes and over 10,000 strawberry plants (among other fruits, vegetables, nuts, laying hens, dairy cows, fish and our horses :-)
My beans are on their way. I have Natierra freeze dried blueberries. Waiting on my Ceylon Cinnamon next. Hopefully in 3 wks. Then to make the magic happen. It takes a while but it WILL happen. Thanks.
I plan on using my dehydrator. The recipe specified freeze dried berries. Will dehydrated berries work ? Will the amount be the same or will I need to increase the amount as they most likely be dryer?
Thank you in advance