Vanilla Extract II

So now that you've had your vanilla beans soaking in the vodka for a number of weeks/months - strain it out into other containers.  I saved some bottles for this purpose - I recommend using very clean glass bottles so that nothing else seeps into your infusion.

But now you have those vanilla beans left over and they still smell so good - it would be a shame to waste them, right?

 Well good news for you!  They still have lots of uses left.  You can technically use them again for more extract (use half the vodka this time but to make sure the beans are fully submerged you'll probably need to cut them), but I decided that I'd rather have some tasty vanilla sugar.  Tuck your vanilla beans into a container with some superfine or berry sugar and let them hang out together for a while before using.
Also if you put a few beans aside you can use them in Creamsicle Jelly from Food in Jars!