Vanilla extract doesn’t always have to be made with alcohol. In this article, we will learn how to make alcohol free vanilla extract at home!

Everyone loves vanilla extract, but not everyone can deal with vanilla extract with alcohol inside of it.

Alcohol free vanilla extract is okay with children and adults who are abstaining from alcohol.

Also, it won't add the underlying taste of alcohol into your recipes when  you use it in.

But, finding a non alcoholic version of vanilla extract can be difficult and costly.

Fortunately, there’s a really easy and cheaper way about how to make alcohol free vanilla extract that you can try at home. Let’s have a look at how to make alcohol free vanilla extract below.

How To Make Alcohol Free Vanilla Extract At Home

In this section, we will tell you how to make alcohol free vanilla extract at home by separating the steps into 2 sections, the Ingredients and the  preparation.

The Ingredients

The very first step about how to make alcohol free vanilla extract at home is to prepare all the ingredients that you need.

The ingredients that needed to make homemade alcohol free vanilla extract are: 

• vanilla beans
• food-grade vegetable glycerin
• water.
• Don’t forget to prepare a bottle to store the extract in. 
• A dark brown glass bottle is a best fit. But you also can use the clear one.

You may need as many as three vanilla beans. The good news is, it’s the most expensive one, but it also can be reused for fec batches of extract.

Preparation

Extracting vanilla is not as difficult as it seems. All you need is to be patient. Because the flavor of the vanilla bean is slowly extracted into the glycerin. It will take at least two months before it’s ready to use. 

Let’s start the step to make alcohol free vanilla extract processes.  To make the extract, begin with mixing three ingredients by mixing together three parts glycerin and one part water, then pour it into a glass bottle.

Then, you need to cut 3 vanilla beans open lengthwise for every cup of glycerin you use. Add the beans to the glycerin, making sure they're completely submerged. 

Then cap the bottle and store it in a cool, dark place. Shake the bottle once a week. It will be ready to use in two months.

The result may not get dark as alcohol-based vanilla extract and it will have a consistency similar to syrup. 

However, it will have just as much flavor and work just as well as any other

Where Can I Get The Vanilla Beans?

That’s  all the steps to make your own alcohol free vanilla extract you can try by yourself at home.

Where can I get the vanilla beans? you ask, we thrills to say that we can provide it to you, don’t hesitate to call us!

Vanila Indonesia is here to provide you with high-quality vanilla beans straight from Indonesia. 

These beans will give you the best results for your alcohol free vanilla extract. So, what are you waiting for? 

Order our best Indonesia vanilla beans now and turn into alcohol free vanilla extract by following the steps above! .