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Mary with 10 favors of homemade extracts.
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How to Make Homemade Extracts

Make these flavored extracts for your baking needs that are better than store bought.
Prep Time5 minutes
Steeping Time180 days
Total Time180 days 5 minutes
Course: Pantry Staples
Cuisine: Americana
Servings: 8 ounces each

Equipment

  • 10 pint-sized jars or 10-quart sized jars

Ingredients

  • 10 Vanilla beans
  • Espresso coffee beans Or other dark roast beans
  • Cracked cacao beans
  • Cinnamon sticks
  • Blanched slivered almonds, skins removed
  • Shredded coconut
  • Mint
  • Orange zest
  • Lemon zest
  • Lime zest

Instructions

  • Vanilla
    For the vanilla extract, add 10 vanilla beans to a jar and fill the jar with vodka, leaving a 1-inch headspace. Put a lid on the jar, give it a good shake, and then store it in a dark pantry or cupboard for 6 months until you reach the level of flavor that you like.
  • Coffee, Cacao Beans, and Shredded Coconut
    For the coffee extract, fill a jar halfway with coffee beans and then fill the jar with vodka, leaving a 1-inch headspace. Put a lid on the jar, give it a good shake, and then store it in a dark pantry or cupboard for at least 6-8 weeks or a maximum of 6 months until you reach the level of flavor that you like. Follow the same process for the cacao beans and the shredded coconut.
  • Cinnamon
    For the cinnamon extract, fill a jar with the cinnamon sticks, leaving a 1-inch headspace, and then fill the jar with vodka, maintaining the 1-inch headspace. Put a lid on the jar, give it a good shake, and then store it in a dark pantry or cupboard for at least 6-8 weeks or a maximum of 6 months until you reach the level of flavor that you like.
  • Almond
    For the almond extract, fill a jar with the almonds, leaving a 1-inch headspace, and then fill the jar with vodka, maintaining the 1-inch headspace. Put a lid on the jar, give it a good shake, and then store it in a dark pantry or cupboard for at least 6-8 weeks or a maximum of 6 months until you reach the level of flavor that you like.
  • Mint
    For the mint extract, fill a jar with fresh mint, leaving a 1-inch headspace. Crush the mint for a minute or two to release the fragrance. Then fill the jar with vodka, maintaining the 1-inch headspace. Put a lid on the jar, give it a good shake, and then store it in a dark pantry or cupboard for at least 6-8 weeks or a maximum of 6 months until you reach the level of flavor that you like.
  • Orange, Lemon and Lime
    For the orange, lemon, and lime extract, fill each jar with the zest, leaving a 1-inch headspace, then fill each jar with vodka, maintaining the 1-inch headspace. Put the lids on each jar, give it a good shake, and then store it in a dark pantry or cupboard for at least 6-8 weeks or a maximum of 6 months until you reach the level of flavor that you like.
  • Once you reach the level of flavor that you like, decant the amount of extract you need into a separate bottle and then add vodka to fill the jar containing the original extract ingredients. (See video.)
  • Periodically, check your flavored extracts for freshness. If any of the ingredients have become rancid, discard them and begin a new batch. If any of the ingredients have begun to degrade but are not rancid, remove them and replace them with fresh ingredients. (See video.)
  • Once decanted, flavored extracts can last indefinitely.

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Notes

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