| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 5 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Yield: | 2 cups |
Ingredients
- 1 vanilla bean, whole or scraped
- 2 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
- If vanilla bean is whole, slice down side of bean with back of knife and scrape seeds into airtight container with the sugar. Bury bean in sugar and seal tightly with lid. Let sit for 1 to 2 weeks. Use as regular, granulated sugar.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 391 |
| Total Fat | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 100 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 100 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 1 mg |
Reviews
I used this over a year ago to make vanilla sugar (I did about 6 cups worth and it was a delicious addition to anything I used it in.
I will be doing this again for a specific recipe. This could not be easier…as long as you plan ahead!
I just started this. I placed it in a canning jar with lid. Its been 3 days and already the sugar is turning a lovely golden color. Cant wait to give this to my husband so he can use it for his coffee.
I recently tried this and love it. Thanks Alton… Check out FoodieBecomesHer dot come to see step by step of how I made this.
I bought 1/2 pound of vanilla beans last year because I had never worked with the whole bean before and was curious. After making vanilla extract with about 1/4 of the beans I made lots of yummy thing with the rest like creme brulee, ice cream, pastry cream, cakes, etc etc etc. Instead of “discarding” the beans (WHO DOES THAT lol) I just rinsed and dried them and popped them into a sealed glass jar with sugar. It is so amazingly good, I couldn’t possibly go back to baking with regular sugar! But it was still a little faint flavoring in the actual dish (but just smelling the perfumed sugar is good enough!) I decided I wanted a stronger flavor so I ground about 1/8 ob vanilla beans then put that in a food processor with about 5 lbs of sugar and mixed it for a minute or so. The smell is so intense and Im going to leave it in there for about a month then sift out the sugar (to ensure there aren’t too big of pieces of vanilla, mainly just the caviar) and bake my heart out with it!
For those of you who want to use this on your creme brule today, simply scrape the bean and pound the seed mass using a mortar and pestle, slowly add sugar by the spoonful while grinding the mix. This will incorporate the vanilla flavor into the sugar much faster. However the flavors will continue to develop if kept in a sealed container as Alton described.
If you want to use the vanilla sugar in your coffee you can mix the desired amount of sugar into your cup of joe and pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds. This excites the vanilla seeds quite a bit as they will all come rising to the top, giving your nose a chance to enjoy them too.
Great idea, makes delicious flavored sugar. Would be good with other mix-ins such as citrus zest, or herbs like lavender and vanilla that be good.
Should be a pantry staple, if U like to bake OR cook!
Use in place of regular sugar in
preparing baked goods: granola, muffins, waffles, sweet/quick breads, etc; rolling cookies in, desserts, candy, coffee, cocoa, teas, etc, etc. Vanilla sugar can be stored indefinitely. As the sugar is used, replace with new sugar & new pods (as they lose their flavoring power!)Because this sugar lasts so long, you can make it well in advance.
Makes great gifts for a baker OR coffee/cocoa/tea gourmet!
I highly recommend for your pantry:
Lemon/Orange/Lime Zest Sugars, Candied Citrus Peel, Honeyed Ginger & Honeyed Garlic, & Crystallized Ginger.
The Candied Citrus Peel & Crystallized Ginger – some people like to eat like candy!
All the above are very easy to make!
Use in place of regular sugar in
preparing baked goods: granola, muffins, waffles, sweet/quick breads, etc; rolling cookies in, desserts, candy, coffee, cocoa, teas, etc, etc. Vanilla sugar can be stored indefinitely. As the sugar is used, replace with new sugar & new pods (as they lose their flavoring power!)Because this sugar lasts so long, you can make it well in advance.
Makes great gifts for a baker OR coffee/cocoa/tea gourmet!
I highly recommend for your pantry:
Lemon/Orange/Lime Zest Sugars, Candied Citrus Peel, Honeyed Ginger & Honeyed Garlic, & Crystallized Ginger.
The Candied Citrus Peel & Crystallized Ginger – some people like to eat like candy!
All the above are very easy to make!
I love vanilla and sugar. This recipe is a combo of my two favorite sweet flavors. Now that’s ‘good eats’