Bottomless Vanilla Extract!

  I bake a lot and use a lot of vanilla, so I was so excited to find this in the Farm Store the other day.  It's so easy that I might make into gifts someday.  It's a recipe for bottomless vanilla extract.  It takes a month for the extract to be ready, but it's worth it to have extra for years.  Here are the easy steps:
  1. Get a 10-12 oz bottle that seals tightly (I think a mason jar will work fine)
  2. Split 3 vanilla beans and then cut them in cross sections
  3.  Place beans into bottle
  4.  Fill bottle with light rum
  5.  Close bottle and shake
  6. Store bottle in a dark place
  7.  Shake bottle occasionally for 4 weeks
  8.  As you use the extract, replace volume with the rum.

Here is a picture of my extract just a 2 days after I started the process: