Cruzan Rum Building

by Iris Richardson

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Cruzan Rum Building

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Iris Richardson

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Cruzan Rum Building whitewashed with large red Cruzan Rum sign in St Coix US Virging Island. I fell in love with Cruzan Rum during our honeymoon. One of the specialty shops had vanilla extract made with the Cruzan spiced rum. I never used any other Rum since. Even during my travels to Italy I found Cruzan rum and it made me so happy.

How to make Vanilla Extract

Take whole vanilla beans Mexican and Madagascar Beans are wonderful. My last Mexican vanilla bean batch was amazing.

I cut the vanilla beans vertically in half to allow the vanilla to infuse the rum faster. But whole beans are just fine to leave as they are.

Place the vanilla beans in a glass bottle or canning jar.
Cover with Spiced Cruzan Rum
Let sit for at least 30 days. It gets better with time.

Tip: Use a fresh bottle of Rum. You can take about a shot glass of Rum from the bottle to make room for the Vanilla beans and simply push the beans into the bottle. Make sure to cover the whole beans and seal well. Ikea and other Homewood stores have small canning bottles. I place 1 whole bean in those and cover it with rum. Mini cupcake liners are great to decorate their caps and a thin ribbon finishes the presentation.

I give vanilla extract as gifts to friends and family.

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October 30th, 2014

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