This sweet recipe was designed by one of our kind group members and vanilla extract-making pros, Donna E. She combines a smokey Indonesian bean with a fruity Ugandan bean to make a bold vanilla blended extract.
In Donna's words:
The one I am in love with is my double fold of Indonesian and Ugandan in 8 ounces of vodka. (1 ounce of each bean)
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I have them in an 8.5 ounce container and I split the Ugandan beans and left the Indonesian whole so I could tell them apart. I started on December 5th and it is already a dark color (on 2/18/21) and smells like caramel.
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I think I will test it after 6 months with some cream just so I can document it’s progress. The lightest bottle on the right is the one. You can see how dark it is after just two months. I must admit I smell this almost daily. Thank you for asking me. Donna
Comments
Debra I bought my beans from VanillaPura’s website under the co op section.
I used Tito’s because I had that in my cabinet. You could use any vodka you like.
I tried this today but I blended the beans in a Ninja to break the beans down faster with some Smirnoff. Will see what happens.
What vodka did you use and how much. I would like to make this for my friend Donna.
Thank you
Where do I go to order your vanilla?
I am going to try this too! Thanks!