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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.
Years ago when I worked as a waitress the bartender at the club I worked at made me a Amaretto Cream made with Ice cream to try. I was hooked! I can’t wait to try this so I can have me another Amaretto milk shake.
Mmmm. Amaretto Milkshake. . .