DIY // Vanilla Sugar
Vanilla sugar is so easy that it barely warrants a recipe. So let's just think of this as merely an idea or suggestion for what you may want to do with leftover vanilla bean pods. Vanilla beans are hardly cheap and up until a few years ago, they were so hard to find (in Charlotte, NC). In the spirit of "waste not, want not" this is what I do: I place the used pods (you know, after you've scraped the seeds for whatever recipe you needed them for in the first place) in my sugar canister and it magically turns into vanilla sugar. Perfect for baking and especially delightful in cold drinks OR jar it up and give it away as a party favor. -MF
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Megan Forbes
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