{"id":1282,"date":"2012-04-16T08:40:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2020-04-07T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:34:55","slug":"vanilla-make-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/vanilla-make-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla &#8211; Make your own!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Which Ones to Buy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Indonesian or Tahitian &#8211; Decent, but a little bland<\/li>\n<li>Mexican &#8211; Cheap producers may use Tonka Beans, which taste like vanilla, but contain carcinogens<\/li>\n<li>Madagascar &#8211; Deeper flavor and more vanillin in the bean (crystals) on the surface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alternatives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Imitation Vanilla Extract &#8211; Completly a shot in the dark.&nbsp; May have been made from wood pulp &#8211; very inexpensive &#8211; <em><strong>marginally<\/strong><\/em> OK for baked things like brownies, where it is just a flavor enhancer, and not subjected to very high heat.<\/li>\n<li>Imitation Vanilla Flavoring :: Contains who knows what ?!? &#8211; AVOID<\/li>\n<li>Natural vanilla flavoring contains no alcohol &#8211; doesn&#8217;t evaporate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pure Vanilla Extract<\/strong> &#8211; legally allowed to contain corn sweeteners and coloring :: 35% alcohol :: 13-14 beans per gallon<\/li>\n<li>Best Vanilla Extract will contain vanilla bean and alcohol and water with no other additives<\/li>\n<li>Double Strength Vanilla :: 35% alcohol :: 25-30 beans per gallon (premium quality)<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Make your Own<\/h2>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 Vanilla Beans<\/li>\n<li>2 CU Dark Rum (as high a proof as you can find)<br \/>\nAn alternate would be a nice high-quality vodka or tequila<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Crack the beans before soaking<\/li>\n<li>Soak the vanilla beans in the alcohol.<\/li>\n<li>Cap and shake every few days for six months<\/li>\n<li>Keep in a cool dark place during that time<\/li>\n<li>Strain and put in bottle for storage<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>VARIATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try 6 vanilla beans<\/li>\n<li>Try letting things marinate for only 1 month<\/li>\n<li>Try crushing the beans before soaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">&#8230; or just buy a quality pure vanilla extract<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which Ones to Buy? Indonesian or Tahitian &#8211; Decent, but a little bland Mexican &#8211; Cheap producers may use Tonka Beans, which taste like vanilla, but contain carcinogens Madagascar &#8211; Deeper flavor and more vanillin in the bean (crystals) on the surface Alternatives Imitation Vanilla Extract &#8211; Completly a shot in the dark.&nbsp; May have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/vanilla-make-your-own\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vanilla &#8211; Make your own!!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-condiments-sauces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19212,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions\/19212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}