DIY Vanilla Sugar
Intro: DIY Vanilla Sugar
Making your own vanilla sugar is so easy! And it tastes wonderful!
You can adapt this tutorial by using cinnamon or citrus zest and make other flavored sugars.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-citrus-flavored-sugar/
STEP 1: What You'll Need
Materials
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Jar
- Sugar
- Vanilla beans
It doesn't matter which type of sugar you buy, I always use extra fine sugar because I think it looks better and more luxurious.
I purchased my vanilla beans on ebay, much cheaper, larger and fresher than store bought vanilla.
Good vanilla should be a bit sticky, have a great smell and should contain a lot of seeds.
This instructable describes how you start with your first batch of vanilla sugar. When you used all of your vanilla sugar or when you have used vanilla in a recipy, don't throw away the beans because you can reuse them. Just put them in your sugar jar and enjoy :)
STEP 2: Remove the Seeds
Cut the vanilla beans in half and scrape out the seeds with your knife.
STEP 3: Mix It All Up
Put the sugar and vanilla in a jar and shake it until it's mixed.
If you have some vanilla sugar leftovers you can easily use it for new sugar like I did. It'll only enhance the flavors, yey!
STEP 4: Wait and Enjoy
The longer you wait, the more flavor your sugar will get.
If you are really impatient (like me) just add some extra beans ;)
When you shake the jar once in a while you can prevent the sugar from sticking to each other.
You could use this sugar in pastries, on desserts, on bread with butter, on fruit salads and in drinks like tea and hot chocolate :)
Extra tips:
Put it in a blender to make your own powdered sugar. Use it to make flavored frosting or butter cream :)
(thanks to -RoyaleWithCheese- and chazortiz)
Enjoy!
Love, Sanne
14 Comments
Queenbagel 8 years ago
is the ratio something like 1 tablespoon of vanilla powder to 1 cup of white sugar?
Indonesia Gourmet VanillaB 8 years ago
Thank you for the information. Beside vanilla beans, we can make vanilla sugar by ground vanilla powder also, whole beans grinding without any additive.
SanneLaurenssen 8 years ago
SparkySolar 9 years ago
Thank you for the nice instructable
Rima
xie 10 years ago
SanneLaurenssen 10 years ago
I used 3 beans plus seeds to a jar full of sugar, my jar held less than 500g of sugar, I would guess 350-400g.
Also: my vanilla beans are very large (see pictures - around 20-25cm).
A rough ratio for fast flavored sugar could be 1 bean to 100g sugar.
Enjoy making it :)
pyrotheblazehog 10 years ago
i <3 vannila and i <3 sugar so this is heaven
SanneLaurenssen 10 years ago
smokey2299 10 years ago
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Hestia Athena 10 years ago
SanneLaurenssen 10 years ago
-RoyaleWithCheese- 10 years ago
SanneLaurenssen 10 years ago
I just checked, I payed US $11,50 for 30 A grade bourbon vanilla beans on ebay. A lot cheaper than the €1,25 my local supermarket is asking for two little lousy beans :)