How to Make Homemade Extracts

Herbal Musings
4 min readAug 30, 2018

Have you ever wanted to make homemade extracts such as vanilla, lemon or almond? Maybe you thought it was too time consuming so you didn’t try. Well, I have great news it’s actually very easy to make and the taste doesn’t even compare to store bought extracts. These make great gifts for family and friends, think Christmas gifts for the bakers in your family or gifts for your kids teachers. Make sure you buy Grade B Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans which are specifically meant for extracting and yield the most flavor. Grade A vanilla beans are meant for cooking. Also make sure you use organic lemons…

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Herbal Musings

I’m a wise woman, herbalist & reiki practitioner. I want to inspire you to craft your own herbal products, forage wild foods and take control of your health.