I LOVE MAKING... anything, baking, stitching. preserving and crafting. You might say I have truly discovered my inner Martha Stewart (of sorts). If I can't find it I will make it.
I made our Christmas napkin rings, some Spiced Persimmon Jam, an up cycled storage solution for all of our shoes and I have ordered some fabric to make our new "Pooch" a winter coat. And, one thing you can't find in the supermarkets here is Vanilla Extract.
Vanilla Extract is a baking basic but it seems no one really bakes over here because there are plenty of Patisseries and Boulangeries that service those with a sweet tooth. Thanks to my beautiful Mum I absolutely adore home baking... the process, the smell and finally the taste! But who wants to use 'imitation' or 'vanilla flavoured' essence? Not me!!!
So here it is, I have made my own Vanilla Extract / Essence to use in all my home baked goods. All you need is Vodka and Vanilla Beans. Just 100ml of Vodka per Vanilla Bean but I have put in an additional Vanilla Bean for extra flavour!
You can buy a glass test tube in the supermarket here with 3 Vanilla Beans for only 2.40CHF (not bad when they are about $5 each in Oz). It's enough to last me 10 years of baking but it was super cheap to make and it smells amazing.
Oh, and the bottles are from a local Swiss soft drink...awesome!
I made our Christmas napkin rings, some Spiced Persimmon Jam, an up cycled storage solution for all of our shoes and I have ordered some fabric to make our new "Pooch" a winter coat. And, one thing you can't find in the supermarkets here is Vanilla Extract.
Vanilla Extract is a baking basic but it seems no one really bakes over here because there are plenty of Patisseries and Boulangeries that service those with a sweet tooth. Thanks to my beautiful Mum I absolutely adore home baking... the process, the smell and finally the taste! But who wants to use 'imitation' or 'vanilla flavoured' essence? Not me!!!
So here it is, I have made my own Vanilla Extract / Essence to use in all my home baked goods. All you need is Vodka and Vanilla Beans. Just 100ml of Vodka per Vanilla Bean but I have put in an additional Vanilla Bean for extra flavour!
You can buy a glass test tube in the supermarket here with 3 Vanilla Beans for only 2.40CHF (not bad when they are about $5 each in Oz). It's enough to last me 10 years of baking but it was super cheap to make and it smells amazing.
Oh, and the bottles are from a local Swiss soft drink...awesome!
This is a small test batch that I made about 3 weeks ako with a spare vanilla bean. You can see the vodka drawing out the vanilla flavour. All you need to do is give the bottle a shake once a week to keep it brewing. You can longer smell the vodka, only the fragrant vanilla goodness!
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