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Homemade Vanilla Sugar from Vanilla Pods

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You're blending vanilla pods with granulated sugar to create an incredibly fragrant vanilla sugar that beats any store-bought version — the sugar crystals grind the pods down beautifully while capturing dozens of aroma compounds. The key step is letting the finished sugar dry completely before jarring it up, which keeps it from clumping, and then you get to keep adding spent pods from your other baking to keep it scented for months.

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    Chop the pods

    Cut the vanilla pods into pieces about 1 cm long, seeds and all. Short pieces break down in the blender much more easily than a whole pod.

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    Blend with granulated sugar

    Put the chopped pods in a blender with 100 g of granulated sugar and blend for 2 to 3 minutes, until you have a dark, fragrant powder. The sugar crystals grind the pod down as it blends.

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    Sift and re-grind the rest

    Sift the mixture through a fine sieve. Blend whatever is left in the sieve once more and sift again. Don't throw away the coarser leftovers.

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Homemade Vanilla Sugar from Vanilla Pods

everydaybyyumsto
Active time total 16 min
Prep 13 min Cook 3 min
Plus 3 h of resting (not counted in active time)
2 Ingredients
7 Steps
Easy Difficulty

Ingredients — what you'll need

You only need 2 ingredients

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Equipment

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Blender
Sieve
Baking sheet

What's in it?

195 kcal

Calories

50 g

Carbohydrates

0 g

Fats

0 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

One pod, two results — and neither compares to the little packet from the shop ✨ That packet contains synthetic vanillin, a single molecule. It smells right, but it's flat: it hits and then it's gone. Real vanilla has dozens of aroma compounds, and in sugar the pod keeps releasing them for weeks. I blitz the whole pod with granulated sugar, seeds and all — and it's granulated on purpose, not powdered. The hard crystals act like an abrasive and grind the pod down to a dust, whereas powdered sugar would just coat the moist pod and make clumps. I then tip the finished sugar into a jar, where I keep adding the spent pods left over from other baking. That jar lives in my kitchen all year, and I spoon it into coffee, onto pancakes and into batters and doughs. Come on, let's make it 💜

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