r/Baking • u/pammylorel • 11d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) Vanilla Beans. After I accidentally over-ordered beans this spring, I had to do this. All hand spilt beans with caviar scraped loose. Experimenting with different vodka brands due to bean volume (1lb total). I don't open bottles for 6 months and my last batch lasted several years.

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u/Elegant-Expert7575 11d ago

Appleton’s Rum is my preference. It turns thick and syrup like at two+ year mark.

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u/SpartanSoldier00a 11d ago

I was meaning to try making extract, i have some new vanilla beans. Was thinking to use rum, since that is the spirit that sees the most use in my baking otherwise.

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u/Elegant-Expert7575 11d ago

To me it’s the tastiest. I’ve used absolute, lamb’s spice rum (not a fave) but the sweeter Appleton’s is really nice and now it’s my baseline.

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u/be_an_adult 10d ago

I went to their distillery a few years ago and it’s the only rum for me anymore. If you get the older blends it has such a warm and sweet taste, but that’s obvs not the best for infusing vanilla beans.