Rachel's Racey Root Beer Recipe

Do you love root beer? Do you love root beer floats? Here's a super easy and delicious root beer recipe that you kids can help you make.

1 cup raw or Turbinado sugar

1 tablespoon Zatarains's Root Beer Extract

1/4 teaspoon powdered baker's yeast

cold fresh, chlorine free water

You'll need measuring cups, spoons, a funnel and an empty 2 liter plastic bottle. In this exact order, add the ingredients to the 2 liter bottle: 1. sugar 2. yeast *now shake the bottle to disperse the yeast in to the sugar* swirl the bottle to try and get a slight well or indentation in the mixture before adding 3. root beer extract 4. fresh un-chlorinated water to fill bottle half way. *swirl the bottle gently to help everything dissolve. 5. more water to fill to the top leaving about an inch of head space. *swirl again to mix all ingredients* Keep the bottle at ambient room temperature for 3-4 day until the bottle feels tight when squeezed then move to refrigerator. DO NOT LEAVE BOTTLE IN A WARM ROOM INDEFINITELY OR IT MIGHT EXPLODE! Serve your home made root beer chilled and enjoy!