How to Make Homemade Extracts
Make these flavored extracts for your baking needs that are better than store bought.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Steeping Time180 days d
Total Time180 days d 5 minutes mins
Course: Pantry Staples
Cuisine: Americana
Servings: 8 ounces each
- 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
VanillaFor 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 CoconutFor 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. CinnamonFor 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. AlmondFor 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. MintFor 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 LimeFor 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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