How to make vanilla sugar

Vanilla sugar adds a gourmet touch to your vegan baking, and you don’t even have to trek to the specialty foods market to find it. If you’ve got a vanilla bean and a bowl of sugar, you’ve got all you need to make this sweet treat. Here’s how to make your very own vanilla sugar.
Vanilla sugar adds a gourmet touch to your vegan baking, and you don’t even have to trek to the specialty foods market to find it. If you’ve got a vanilla bean and a bowl of sugar, you’ve got all you need to make this sweet treat. Here’s how to make your very own vanilla sugar.

Vanilla Sugar

Sprinkle vanilla sugar into your tea or coffee, use it to sweeten your cereal, substitute it for regular sugar in your baking, and find other tasty ways to sweeten your day. Once you learn how to make vanilla sugar, you can just as easily make vanilla salt.

Makes 1 cup

Ingredients:

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• 1 cup granulated sugar

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• 1 whole or used vanilla bean (try Rodelle’s Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans, available at Costco)

Directions:

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1. Place sugar and vanilla bean in a mason jar, seal, and set aside for a few days to allow the vanilla scent and flavor to permeate through the sugar.

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2. Replace the sugar as you use it. Once the vanilla bean loses its scent, replace it with another whole or used vanilla bean.

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