Making Stevia Extract

A “recipe” for making your own homemade stevia liquid extract.

MakingSteviaExtr

Author: McKel Hill, MS, RD, LDN

Ingredients

  • vodka
  • 1 cup stevia leaves, washed and dried
  • SUPPLIES // dark glass bottles

Instructions

  • DRY //
  • Dry stevia leaves in the sun or dehydrator for one day or 12 hours (respectively)
  • Once dried, place whole leaves (don’t crush up too much or else you’ll have a hard time filtering out the leaves from the vodka), in a glass mason jar (preferably dark colored).
  • Fill to cover the leaves with vodka.
  • Steep at room temperature for at least 24 hours.
  • Filter out the stevia leaves using a fine strainer.
  • To remove the alcohol from the vodka, heat the extract on your stovetop in a pot for about 20 minutes (do not boil!).
  • Simply use a funnel to pour stevia extract into small medicine dropper bottles or other bottles and keep in the fridge for up to 3 months.

Enjoy!

Recipe by Nutrition Stripped at http://nutritionstripped.com/how-to-make-stevia-extract/