#ive been building up vanilla pods for like a decade on the rare occasion ill get some for a recipe

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So I made some cider today out of scraps I had while I was making apple butter

Behold, scraps! Mostly peels, cores, and little bits and bobs of apples bugs had bitten into or the like. Nothing worth wasting or that wouldn't be sanitary after a hour long boil lol 🤣

Added in sugar (dunno, just what was left in the bag 🤷‍♀️), nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and an old vanilla pod I fished out of the homemade vanilla sugar.

(Great use for spent vanilla pods y'all, make the sugar from the scrapped pods, then grind the pods into extra flavor for stuff like coffee and tea once they've released all their oils into the sugar )

And straight up it looks so good after I strained it and added sugar and spices. I have never made a cider so good that it's fucking PINK!!!

Anyways this has been great to have and to share with my wife while I finish making the apple butter 💙