What is Vanilla Sugar?

Vanilla sugar is sugar that has been flavored with a vanilla bean. See more spice pictures.Vanilla sugar is sugar that has been flavored with a vanilla bean. See more spice pictures.Vanilla sugar is sugar that has been flavored with a vanilla bean. See more spice pictures.Fribus Ekaterina

Q. What is vanilla sugar? I can’t find it in my supermarket, and the clerks there had never heard of it.

A. Vanilla sugar is mostly a homemade item that is sold commercially primarily in gourmet shops or from online gourmet vendors.

Vanilla sugar is a term used by cooks for sugar that is flavored with a vanilla bean.

You can make vanilla sugar at home very easily by splitting a vanilla bean, scraping out the seeds — use them in a recipe — and burying the split vanilla bean into a container of sugar.

Cover tightly, and, after about a week, the vanilla bean will have flavored the sugar with a perfumey vanilla scent and taste that will improve everything from a coffee cake or cookie topping to a cup of hot cocoa.

Vanilla sugar is also good as a substitute for regular sugar in scones, quick breads, or almost anything that would benefit from a vanilla undertone.

Learn more about spices and cooking at the following pages:

  • Vanilla Sauce
  • Vanilla Frosting
  • Chunky Vanilla Pears
  • Vanilla Cream Syrup

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