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Making Vanilla Rum

Ingredients

  • 1 bottle Dark of Aged Rum
  • 3 Plump Vanilla Beans (avoid dry and brittle beans)
  • 1/2 c Simple Syrup (recipe below)

Instructions

  • Make simple syrup mixture – combine equal parts of water to sugar in a sauce pan. Warm and stir until sugar has dissolved in the water. Remove syrup from heat and let cool to room temperature.
  • Cut vanilla beans in half lengthwise.
  • Pour off ½ cup of rum from bottle and save in different container for future use.
  • Add cut vanilla beans to bottle.
  • Pour simple syrup mixture into bottle.
  • Let mixture sit for at least one month. The flavor will continue to get better with age.