Low Iodine Vanilla Sugar
Homemade vanilla sugar is one of those small-batch pantry staples that quietly elevates everything it touches, from morning coffee to weekend baking. The process is almost meditative — splitting a real vanilla bean, scraping out those fragrant seeds, and letting time do the rest. For anyone navigating iodine restrictions, plain granulated sugar and a whole vanilla bean are both naturally free of the additives and fortified ingredients that can make store-bought flavored sugars a concern. After about a week of daily shaking, the sugar transforms into something deeply aromatic and genuinely special. Use it anywhere you'd reach for regular sugar and want a subtle, warm vanilla note without any extra fuss. It also makes a lovely gift, and the pod keeps right on infusing the longer it sits in the jar.
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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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