Honey Free Vanilla Sugar
Vanilla sugar is one of those pantry staples that quietly transforms everything it touches — from morning coffee to weekend baking — with a warm, floral depth that plain sugar just can't match. Many flavored sugars and vanilla-infused products on store shelves sneak in honey or other sweeteners as a binding or flavoring agent, so making your own is the cleanest way to get pure vanilla flavor without any unwanted additions. This version uses just two ingredients: granulated sugar and a real vanilla bean, split and scraped so every last seed gets worked into the mix. The pod itself stays buried in the jar, continuing to infuse the sugar over the course of a week as you give it a daily shake. The result is a subtly fragrant, beautifully speckled sugar that's completely free of anything extra. Use it anywhere you'd reach for regular sugar and watch it add a gentle, aromatic lift to whatever you're making.
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Learn more →Ingredients
16 servings
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 vanilla bean
Instructions
- 1
Split the vanilla bean lengthwise with a sharp knife and use the back of the blade to scrape out the seeds.
- 2
Add the sugar to an airtight jar. Nestle both the scraped pod and the seeds into the sugar, then stir or shake briefly to distribute the seeds throughout.
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