printable homemade vanilla extract label

– Cut the bean sections into pieces that will fit into your bottle. Slice each vanilla bean in half lengthwise, leaving the top ½ inch of each bean uncut. – Split your vanilla bean in half (lengthwise). Wash your mason jar in hot, soapy water, or dip into boiling water for a few seconds to sterilize. Use a template or upload your own photos, images, logos, & more. There’s also a company I found online, Beanilla, that has a lovely variety of beans (for less than you’d probably pay at most grocery stores).

Making my own has saved a bit of cash! I mean, vanilla beans can be a little expensive… but we have a local store that sold some lovely organic beans for $1.50 each. I’m always making my no-refined sugars homemade granola, and we just go right through the extract. We tend to go through a ton of vanilla extract over in my home.

You wouldn’t know that if you looked on the ingredients of most vanilla extracts, since a lot of companies like to sweeten their extracts with corn syrup. Just two things you need: alcohol and vanilla beans. Shake the bottle periodically during the brewing process and the extract will be ready in about two months. Can you really call something a recipe if it’s only 2 ingredients? Well, Vanilla Extract is surprisingly easy to make.

Printable homemade vanilla extract label