Homemade vanilla extract!
Vanilla
extract is possibly the most versatile baking ingredient. I love it! If you
have vanilla essence in your cupboard, please throw it away and substitute it
with vanilla extract. I don’t even know why essence exists. It really isn’t
good at all and, in my opinion, ruins dishes.

I
always buy vanilla pods and end up wasting half the bottle it comes in. So this
is a great way of re-purposing them instead of throwing them away.
In
my bottle, I threw in 4 slit vanilla pods. I cut them to allow the inside beans
to come out and flavour it even more.
Then
I filled the rest of the bottle with vodka. This is going to be about 2 cups
depending on the size of your bottle. I know that you can also use bourbon, so
which ever you having lying around or prefer.
Make
sure the lid can close tightly and put the bottle away in a dark cupboard and
forget about it until it is a dark liquid.
Enjoy!