Recipe: Homemade Amaretto
October 8, 2009 by Jenn @ Frugal Upstate
Filed under Frugal Food, Gifts, Holidays, Recipes
Photo by Conjuko
This is not really Amaretto. Real Amaretto is an Italian liquor made with apricot or almond pits seeped in alcohol with herbs & sweetener added. This homemade flavored vodka tastes pretty similar at a fraction of the price.
This version can be sipped, made into drinks like Amaretto Sours, added into your after dinner coffee, and used as a flavoring in baking.
Pour it into a nice bottle, add a homemade label, some ribbon and you’ve got yourself a nice hostess or holiday gift!
Amaretto
1 C water
1 C granulated sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
2 C 80 proof vodka (not flavored kinds!)
2 TBS Almond extract
2 tsp vanilla
Combine water and sugars in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, and let cook until all sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool for about 10 min.*
Add Vodka, almond extract and vanilla. Store in a sealed bottle.
*Note: if this mixture is too hot it will make some of the alcohol evaporate when added.
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Awesomely simple recipe. I love and will use this!! Thnx!
Do you have a recipe for homemade “Baileys”?
I cannot wait to try this. I absolutely love Amaretto. In fact, just last night I was lamenting the fact that I only have enough for one last glass of amaretto on the rocks. I definitely plan to make some of this amaretto to sip on chilly nights.
Thanks. I can’t wait.