Mushroom Free Vanilla Sugar
Homemade vanilla sugar is one of those small-batch pantry staples that quietly transforms everything it touches — from morning coffee to weekend baking. It takes just two ingredients and a little patience, making it completely free of any fungal or mushroom-derived additives that can sometimes sneak into commercial flavoring products. A real vanilla bean does all the heavy lifting here, releasing its seeds and subtle floral aroma directly into the sugar over the course of a week. The daily shake is oddly satisfying, and by day seven you'll have a jar that smells like a high-end bakery. Stir it into whipped cream, dust it over shortbread, or use it anywhere you'd reach for plain sugar for an instant upgrade. It also makes a genuinely thoughtful homemade gift — just tie a ribbon around the jar and you're done.
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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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