Update to Previous Post-Making Amaretto

    After our 2 pm main meal of the day, I decided to go ahead and make up a batch of amaretto too. I had exactly enough brandy so I guess it was meant to be haha.

   Recipe-this one also came from my same friend that gave me the Kahlua and other spirits recipes

     Homemade Amaretto

2 cups sugar

2 cups water

2 cups vodka

2 cups brandy

4 teaspoons almond extract

In saucepan mix sugar and water together, bring to just a boil and stir and let simmer 10 minutes. I again used Splenda instead of sugar (to cut the sugars for us) so I just brought to a boil-cooled it down instead. I think with the sugar there would be much more bulk than the Splenda has and you are making a thick sugar syrup-I wouldn't get that with the Splenda

After cooled to lukewarm, add the vodka, brandy and almond extract-I put in just shy of 2 tablespoons.  bottle 

Again best to store at least one month-much better the longer it sets.

I got three of these bottles. I will make another batch once I pick up another bottle of brandy. One of these bottles will be a gift for a friend that has been helping Larry these last couple weeks with the dock. When we first met him a couple years ago I brought out my last bottle of homemade amaretto that was over 10 years old-wow was it good, just like store bought-and before I realized it he drank up most of the bigger bottle on us.  So I know he likes amaretto haha

  ps I thought the spelling didn't look right so I corrected that-already did the labels though