My Grandmas recipe for tasty homemade vanilla extract

So excited I just got done starting my homemade Vanilla extract for  baking from my Grandmas recipe It is fairly simple and very tasty!! Start with one package of 4-6 Inch Vanilla Beans,These ones you can actually purchase on Ebay for about 5.50 with FREE shipping! For this I started with 20 out of the 25 beans bought as shown just take out 20 of them and hold all of them in your hand and start cutting them about quarter inch pieces or smaller cut at an angle and put all of the pieces into 1 750ml of Vodka,

Now I was told by my grandma DO NOT use the really cheap stuff,Use a OK brand like UV or Smirnoff can be bought for about 8.99 at walmart once all of the beans are inside the botttle almost instant it will start to turn yellow,After that take 1 tablespoon of white or raw sugar and put into bottle now Is the waiting game..

Keep bottle in dark cool place out of any light,It will be ready in about 5 weeks..HOWEVER, It is much better if you let it sit for about 4-6 months...Once a week or so give the bottle a nice hard shake and return to cool dark place...After the vanilla has sat long enough strain through a cheesecloth or coffee filters and discard the vanilla beans,Use as you would normal vanilla extract from the store....

Although I will say this will be 100% better than anything you will find at the store and the entire price around 16.00 or so will be so much more less than what you would pay,And the best part you know exactly what is in it!

 Also if you pick up some apothocary glass bottles with corks or any type of lid at Bed bath and beyond you can give this vanilla extract for presents to friends and family....If you have any questions feel free to ask....Thank you for looking!