Kahlua - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. sugar
2 c. water
1 vanilla bean
3 c. vodka
6 Tbsp. instant coffee (freeze dried) or 3 Tbsp. granulated coffee

Preparation

Boil sugar, 1 1/2 cups water and vanilla bean for 30 minutes (gentle boil).
Dissolve coffee in 1/2 cup boiling water.
Shake sugar syrup and coffee in bottle.
Add vodka; let stand 2 weeks in covered bottle.
Remove vanilla bean.
Store in tightly covered glass container.