Vanilla Sugar Recipe
Learn how to make vanilla sugar with two ingredients: whole vanilla beans and granulated sugar. It is sweet & fragrant and delicious in cookies and cakes.
Servings: 8
Calories: 221kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 ounces granulated sugar
- 2 whole vanilla beans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, then lay out the vanilla beans with space in between each bean on the baking sheet.
- Bake in 30 minute increments and check them every 20-30 minutes. The exact time it takes will depend on how large the vanilla bean you have, but plan about 2 hours for this process. Again, watch them closely and take them out as soon as they are done so that you don't burn the vanilla beans.
- Bake the beans until they snap. You'll know the beans are completely dried when the snap like a twig when you try to break them.
- Allow the beans to cool to room temperature.
- Snap the vanilla beans into small pieces, then process them in a coffee grinder on the finest setting it has. Vanilla powder does not dissolve, so you want that powder as fine as possible to have smooth vanilla sugar.
- In a bowl, mix the sugar and vanilla powder evenly until the tiny black specks are throughout.
- Seal it in an airtight container and you are ready to use it for all of your baking.
- Store the sugar in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 1 year.
Notes
Refer to the article above for more tips and tricks.
The calories shown are based on the recipe making 2 cups of sugar, with 1 serving being 1/4 cup of sugar. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information. The information in the nutrition box are calculated through a program and there is room for error. If you need an accurate count, I recommend running the ingredients through your favorite nutrition calculator.**
Nutrition
Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 1mg | Sugar: 57g | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.03mg