![]() Come to think of it, you can use vanilla sugar in any acidic food to give it a delicate sweetness. It’s also divine in stews, savory sauces, vinaigrettes, smoothies and homemade mayonnaise and tomato sauce. You’ll find vanilla sugar in apple pie, pavlova and crème brûlée. Many desert recipes call for vanilla sugar as a decadent alternative to plain sugar. ![]() In Europe, it’s used most often as a finishing sugar to dust cakes and cookies but there’s really no limit to how and when you use vanilla-infused sugar. Vanilla sugar can be used as a baking sugar or a finishing sugar. It takes 2 to 3 weeks for the flavor of the first beans to infuse into the sugar. Keep adding your used vanilla beans over the weeks and months to intensify the flavor and add more sugar when needed. Vanilla sugar is a great way to recycle used vanilla beans. You can buy fresh vanilla beans or you can save vanilla beans you’ve used to make a dessert or savory dish, dry them and then add them to the sugar. ![]() The best thing about vanilla sugar is you only need two ingredients. It can also be made using pure vanilla essence or vanilla powder. Vanilla sugar is simply store-bought granulated sugar infused with the aromatic essence of whole vanilla beans. Use your spent beans to make vanilla-infused sugar to sweeten your day or a friends if you give it away as a gift. Don’t toss vanilla beans after you’ve used them in a sweet or savory dish because there’s still a lot of gorgeous flavor hiding in the seams. You’re not using an ingredient that’s made from harsh chemicals only the pure essence of natural vanilla.Īs we all know, whole vanilla beans are expensive and every last drop of vanilla is precious. What’s more, homemade vanilla sugar is so much better than store-bought vanilla sugar which is made using imitation vanilla extract. ![]() The best thing about vanilla sugar is it’s so easy to make at home, you only need two ingredients and a dash of patience. Whether you’re baking with it or dusting it over cakes and cookies, vanilla-infused sugar adds aromatic joy to our lives. Vanilla sugar is culinary gold in every home cook’s pantry. Why life is so much sweeter with homemade vanilla sugar ![]()
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