French Vanilla Sugar (Sucre Vanillé)

Name: French Vanilla Sugar (Sucre Vanillé)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 288 teaspoons
Ingredients: 6 beans whole vanilla beans; 6 cups granulated sugar

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Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings
288 teaspoons
Calories
16 kcal
Course
Condiments
Cuisine
French

French Vanilla Sugar (Sucre Vanillé)

Brielle Kelley

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This Vanilla Sugar transforms everyday sugar into something extraordinarily delicious! Stir it into your coffee or tea and sprinkle it on oatmeal, yogurt, fresh fruit, ice cream, cake, cookies, muffins... the possibilities are endless!

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Ingredients

Servings

6 beans whole vanilla beans
6 cups granulated sugar or 3 cups granulated sugar and 3 cups cane sugar (for a little extra "crunch")

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Instructions

Measure the sugar into a medium-large bowl. Set aside.
To scrape the seeds (aka caviar) from the pods, place one on a cutting board, flat side down. Using a sharp knife, place the tip of the knife in the center of the bean, just below one of the curled ends. Slowly cut into the bean careful to only slice through the top of the bean and not puncture through the bottom. Slice down the center until you reach the end of the bean.
Slightly pull apart the bean apart to open then use the dull side of the knife to scrape the seeds away from the pod. As you scrape the seeds from the pod, transfer them to the bowl with the sugar. Repeat with remaining beans. Here is a great video to demonstrate this technique.
With clean hands, run your fingers through the sugar, rubbing the sugar as you go to distribute the beautiful seeds evenly. Continue until no more clumps of vanilla bean seeds remain. Pinch out and discard any bits of the bean pod that you may have scraped off as you go.
Store in an airtight container. Keeps well for several months.

Notes

See Café Tips above in the post for more detailed instructions and tips to ensure success.
If you prefer to use Metric measurements there is a button in each of our recipes, right above the word “Instructions”. Just click that button to toggle to grams, milliliters, etc. If you ever come across one of our recipes that doesn’t have the Metric conversion (some of the older recipes may not), feel free to leave a comment and I will add it.