Homemade Vanilla Sugar
If you’ve never made vanilla sugar before, get ready for your kitchen to smell heavenly! This two-ingredient homemade vanilla sugar recipe is one of the easiest herbal pantry projects you can try, and trust me, once you try it, you will always have a jar at home!
My daughter absolutely love vanilla bean sugar. She uses it in her oatmeal and won’t take anything else. She has to smell the jar every time we open it, and sometimes just for fun!
Sprinkle it on muffins, stir it into tea, use it in baking, or gift it in a little jar with a bow. Once you make it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.
Here is my super simple DIY vanilla sugar recipe:
Why Vanilla?
Vanilla is more than just a dessert flavor, it’s rich, warming, and emotionally comforting. Just the scent alone has been shown to ease anxiety and create a calming effect (which is why it’s often used in candles and perfumes).
Makes so much sense why it is my favorite smell in the world!
Infusing vanilla into sugar lets you enjoy its sweet aroma in an everyday way, whether you’re baking cookies or sweetening your morning cup of herbal tea.
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DIY Vanilla Sugar Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 vanilla beans
- 1 cup sugar (white, organic cane, or even coconut sugar)
How To Make Vanilla Sugar
- Slice open the vanilla beans lengthwise to expose the caviar (those tiny black seeds inside).
- Then cut the beans in half so they fit easily into your jar. Add the vanilla beans and caviar to your sugar.
- Pour everything into a clean glass jar and seal tightly. Give the jar a good shake to distribute the caviar throughout the sugar.
- Let it sit for at least a few days before using, the longer it infuses, the richer the flavor.
Notes:
- You can leave the vanilla beans in the sugar indefinitely. Just top it off with more sugar when you start to run low!
- Want a stronger vanilla flavor faster? Add a spoonful of vanilla powder for an extra boost.
- Makes for a great homemade gift, just add a tag and a ribbon!
How to Use Vanilla Bean Sugar
Here are some simple ways to use this delicious vanilla sugar:
- Stir into coffee, lattes, or tea for a warm vanilla flavor
- Sprinkle over oatmeal, overnight oats, or porridge (our fave way!)
- Add to yogurt, chia pudding, or smoothie bowls
- Use in baking (cookies, cakes, muffins, pancakes, waffles)
- Sprinkle on top of buttered toast or English muffins (this is SO delicious!)
- Mix into whipped cream for a subtle vanilla sweetness
- Dust over fresh fruit or baked apples
- Sweeten homemade granola or granola bars
- Add to French toast batter or pancake batter
- Sprinkle on top of sugar cookies before baking for sparkle + flavor
- Use in homemade vanilla syrup for drinks
- Add to hot chocolate or chocolate milk
- Mix into nut butter (almond, peanut, cashew) for vanilla flavor
- Use in homemade ice cream or Ninja Creami bases
- Stir into cottage cheese for a lightly sweet snack
- Add to homemade body scrubs (perfect in my vanilla sugar scrub)
- Use in DIY lip scrubs with honey or coconut oil
- Sweeten herbal teas like chamomile or rooibos
- Sprinkle lightly over popcorn for a sweet vanilla treat
- Add to rice pudding or homemade pudding
Vanilla Sugar
Materials
- 4 vanilla beans
- 1 cup sugar (white, organic cane, or even coconut sugar)
Instructions
- Slice open the vanilla beans lengthwise to expose the caviar (those tiny black seeds inside).
- Then cut the beans in half so they fit easily into your jar. Add the vanilla beans and caviar to your sugar.
- Pour everything into a clean glass jar and seal tightly. Give the jar a good shake to distribute the caviar throughout the sugar.
- Let it sit for at least a few days before using, the longer it infuses, the richer the flavor.
Notes
- You can leave the vanilla beans in the sugar indefinitely. Just top it off with more sugar when you start to run low!
- Want a stronger vanilla flavor faster? Add a spoonful of vanilla powder for an extra boost.
- Makes for a great homemade gift, just add a tag and a ribbon!
Final Thoughts
Vanilla sugar is proof that herbal kitchen projects don’t need to be complicated. Just two ingredients and a little time, and you’ve made something that smells great and tastes good!
Keep learning, keep creating, and keep making your kitchen a place of joy and nourishment. You’ve got this!
Let me know if you end up making it and become obsessed like me!
