{"id":18956,"date":"2013-07-25T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T00:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=18956"},"modified":"2013-07-25T19:44:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T00:44:01","slug":"making-vanilla-extract-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=18956","title":{"rendered":"Making Vanilla Extract, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I turned my calendar to July, I knew it was time to brew up another batch of vanilla. \u00a0Last year’s concoction, which I shared with you here<\/a>, was so good and so easy, that I know making my own vanilla extract is the only way to go.<\/h3>\n

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I bought some vanilla beans on my shopping day in Paris<\/a> last fall and have kept them safe for just this use.<\/h3>\n

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Vanilla extract is really simple to make.\u00a0 It requires just two ingredients – vanilla beans and vodka.\u00a0 All you do is scrape out the meat from six to eight vanilla pods and put it into a sterilized bottle.\u00a0 Then you fill the bottle with vodka.\u00a0 Seal and store in a dark area.\u00a0 Gently shake the bottle daily for the first two weeks, and then once a week after that.\u00a0 In about six months, it will be ready to use.<\/h3>\n

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To get to the meat of the vanilla, slit the bean down the side and scrape it out.\u00a0 This is the good stuff.\u00a0 It is sticky, and so you need to be careful when putting it into the bottle.<\/h3>\n

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This year I opted for a dark bottle.\u00a0 Last year I noticed that the extract evaporated while it was brewing\/steeping.\u00a0 Using a dark, rather than a clear, bottle should eliminate that problem.<\/h3>\n

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Now I know that when it is holiday baking time, the vanilla extract will be ready.\u00a0 If vanilla isn’t your thing, check out Jordan’s lemon extract here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I turned my calendar to July, I knew it was time to brew up another batch of vanilla. \u00a0Last year’s concoction, which I shared with you here, was so good and so easy, that I know making my own vanilla extract is the only way to go.   I bought some vanilla beans on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18956"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19168,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18956\/revisions\/19168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}