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Extract of Vanilla

Cut and chop very fine two or three vanilla beans, or pound them in a mortar. Stir in with them a small quantity of powdered sugar. Put the vanilla and sugar into a pint bottle, add to it one tablespoonful of water, and allow it to stand all night. The next day pour on it one-half pint of spirits of wine, cork it well, and let it stand for a month, shaking it well every day.