Vanilla Recipe by Reader Request!

Hey Julie!

Here is the Vanilla recipe you requested.

Also available for everyone!

Vanilla Recipe:

• Vanilla beans     8
• Light rum            750ml bottle

Simple syrup:

• Sugar          3/4  cup
• Water          1 cup
• Light Karo     2 Tbsp

Procedure:

Place sugar and water in a pot and bring to a boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside.

Split all vanilla beans and scrape out seeds inside.

Reserve all in a 1 quart container.

Pour 3 cups rum over vanilla, then pour in 1/2 cup syrup(can be hot, or reserved warm.) then top off with 1/2 cup water.

Cover with a tight fitting lid and store in pantry for at least a week. the longer the better. When you run out, simply repeat the process. The same beans can be used over and over for quite a while!

The remainder of the syrup can be used to sweeten beverages!

The remainder of the rum can be saved for next batch,  if it lasts that long:)

Or make some terrific mojitos using all the leftovers!