When we visited Tahiti last year, I bought the fattest most plump-yet-still-expensive-considering-where-we-were vanilla beans. I have a few projects in mind using them, first on the list is homemade vanilla.
I started by slitting a bunch of them in half while leaving their ends attached.
Using a sharp knife, I scraped out the seed ‘caviar’ from inside the beans.
The pods and seeds went into both vodka (on the left) and bourbon (on the right) then were stored in a dark cabinet. The jars were shaken daily.
Here is the clear vodka version after just one week.
Just two months later we have bourbon vanilla cupcakes with a bourbon vanilla buttercream frosting. 100% made by my husband Brian. Who’s lucky? This gal!
Missing Willow Farm 
May 13, 2018 @ 01:39:27
Wow! That sounds delicious. You are definitely one lucky lady.