There are so many ways to incorporate vanilla sugar into your life! Put it in your coffee/tea, hot cocoa, smoothies, over fresh fruit. Add it to homemade vanilla ice cream, or sprinkle it over the top of your toast, muffins, or cookies. Bake with it! You could also use it in your homemade sugar scrubs.
There a about a gazillion ways to make vanilla sugar. This is my favorite way, but search it out and pick yours! Although I’ve never tried it, some of our customers have filled the bags their beans come in with sugar and are using the oils left in the bags to soak into the sugar. What?! I am always amazed at how resourceful people are. I’m going to have to try this! How do you use vanilla sugar?
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of granulated sugar ( really…any type you like, organic preferably)
- 1oz of used vanilla beans
Glass Container
-Choose cute unique jars for gifting or just whatever you have around the house.
Instructions:
- Add the sugar to the bowl of a food processor. Alternatively, you can mix by hand.
- Using a sharp knife, slice the vanilla beans in half lengthwise. Scrape out the seeds in a downward motion using the back of the knife. Add to the sugar. Reserve the empty pods.
- Pulse the sugar and vanilla seeds until well incorporated. Pour into a large airtight container. Add back the reserved empty pods, submerging them into the sugar.
- Portion the vanilla sugar into jars and submerge the leftover de-seeded pods inside (feel free to cut the pods in half to fit smaller sized jars). It will keep for years if stored in a properly sealed container or bag.
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Hi Nancy,
Here’s a link to our vanilla powder recipe.
https://www.vanillapura.com/search?q=vanilla+powder
One of the comments mentioned vanilla powder. What is that?
I always put 1 – 2 cups of granulated sugar into the bag my beans came in to absorb the oils from the bag. After about a month I pour that sugar into my vanilla sugar container (air tight lid) and add in vanilla powder with an equivalent of about 1 teaspoon vanilla powder per cup of sugar. Then I flip the container all around to mix it all together. It’s amazing!
I love my vanilla sugar. I do use the caviar and mix by hand. It’s actually fun as the sugar becomes like Kinetic Sand (google it, it’s a moldable sand for kids). When done mixing, I spread it out on parchment paper so it air dries. Then I pour it into my sugar dish and it’s ready to go. Never kept the pod in the suger, but will certainly give it a go next time. Thanks for the tip!
When I use the caviar for baking I put the bean in a jar of sugar in pieces. I guess you could call it my vanilla sugar mother jar. I continue to add sugar and beans as used. I have had the jar going about 10 years. It is wonderful. I use it in a lot of recipes.
When I use the caviar for baking I put the bean in a jar of sugar in pieces. I guess you could call it my vanilla sugar mother jar. I continue to add sugar and beans as used. I have had the jar going about 10 years. It is wonderful. I use it in a lot of recipes.
Just made 9 bottles of vanilla extract with my first bag of Indonesian Beans. Also put sugar and caviar in bag they were shipped in and the pod. Heat sealed it so I can massage it for a month to see how it goes. So excited to taste it in 6 to 9 months.
Just made 9 bottles of vanilla extract with my first bag of Indonesian Beans. Also put sugar and caviar in bag they were shipped in and the pod. Heat sealed it so I can massage it for a month to see how it goes. So excited to taste it in 6 to 9 months.
I make mine by drying out the pod and then grind to make vanilla powder and incorporate that into the sugar and shake every few days. When I tried your way I wound up with super fine sugar almost like powdered