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Homemade Vanilla Sugar (Using Leftover Extracted Vanilla Beans)

This is my favorite way to use up leftover vanilla beans after making extract—no waste, rich flavor, and so simple!
Author: Robin Diaz

Ingredients

  • 3 cups raw cane sugar
  • 1 ounce of extracted vanilla beans 7–8 beans, tips snipped and seeds squeezed out

Instructions

  • Snip the tip off each vanilla bean and squeeze out the soft seeds.
  • Add the sugar and vanilla seeds to the bowl of your KitchenAid mixer, fitted with the balloon whisk attachment.
  • Mix on low to medium speed for a few minutes, until the vanilla seeds are evenly dispersed throughout the sugar and no clumps remain.
  • Transfer to a large jar with a tight lid and let it sit for at least 1–2 weeks, shaking the jar occasionally to deepen the flavor.
  • After a couple of weeks, your vanilla sugar is ready to use—perfect for coffee, baking, and gifting!

Notes

Notes: I always save the scraped pods and return them to my vanilla mother jar to keep extracting every bit of flavor for future vanilla batches.