08.19.08

vanilla sugar

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Here’s something simple to jazz up your baked goods, vanilla sugar. It’s super simple to make and adds a lovely hint of vanilla to recipes that call for sugar.

Vanilla Sugar
1 vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise
2 cups sugar

1
Pour sugar into air-tight jar.
2
Scrape the insides of the vanilla bean into the sugar, then toss the bean in the sugar.
3
Close the lid and give the sugar a good shake.
4
Let the sugar and vanilla sit for a week or two and tada, you’ve got yourself vanilla sugar.

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2 Comments so far

  1. Erik Mato August 19th, 2008 11:40 am

    Ahh. Vanilla sugar so good, I made this cocktail recipe yesterday after I let my vanilla sugar sit three weeks in the pantry. FYI this is a great drink if your sick of the normal mojito (which is hard, I must admit ;)) this is a refreshing new take on a fresh tasty drink! Enjoy.

    2 oz pomegranate juice
    2 oz white rum
    1 tbsp vanilla sugar
    4 oz club soda
    6 mint sprigs
    cracked ice

    In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients except the mint and shake well. Mull the mint in the bottom of a cocktail glass. Strain the pomegranate mixture into the glass with the mulled mint, and serve.

  2. eat make read » happy hour: erik’s fancy pomegranate mojito August 22nd, 2008 6:28 am

    [...] week’s happy hour is an excellent recommendation from my friend erik. After seeing my post on vanilla sugar earlier this week, he clued me in on a recipe for pomegranate mojitos that’s pretty dang [...]

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