DIY: How To Make Vanilla Sugar

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Once you have a vanilla bean, it is really simple to make your own vanilla sugar. When we lived in Saudi Arabia, it was impossible to buy vanilla extract since it was made with alcohol – and alcohol was illegal. Instead, I would bring Dr. Oetker vanilla sugar from Germany every summer to use in my baking.

Vanilla sugar has an aromatic scent that adds such a depth of flavour to the sugar, which you can then use in place of regular white sugar in your favourite recipes. Vanilla enhances the taste of sweet baked goods, especially when combined with flavours of chocolate, coffee, fruit and nuts. The specific flavour and aroma of the vanilla depends on where the beans were grown – Madagascar vanilla is sweet and buttery while Tahitian vanilla is fragrant and floral. You can use beans that were already split and the seeds scraped into another dish, or you can use freshly split beans and add the flavourful black specks to your sugar.

Vanilla Sugar

 

Author:

Kiku Corner

Recipe type: Ingredient

Serves: 2 cups

Prep time: 5 mins

Total time: 5 mins

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Vanilla Sugar

Ingredients

• 1 vanilla bean, either scraped or whole
• 2 cups granulated sugar

Instructions

1. You can use either a used vanilla bean, after you have split it in two and scraped the seeds into another recipe (aka tasty custard for Boston Cream Pie). Instead, you can split a pod and scrape the seeds and add that to the sugar.
2. Drop the vanilla pod (and the seeds, if using) into a jar of sugar. Add a pretty label.
3. Let it 'steep' for a week or so, and then the sugar is ready to use! Use it as you would in tea, coffee, or in recipes.

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