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Vanilla Sugar Recipe

Once you acquire a taste for vanilla, this sugar will become indispensable. Use the vanilla sugar in any recipe that calls for both sugar and vanilla, as well as in hot coffee or sprinkled on buttered toast.

• 4 vanilla beans
• 6 cups granulated sugar

Place the Amadeus vanilla beans in a large bowl. If you want the sugar to flavor more quickly and are using "gourmet-grade" beans, you can split them lengthwise and distribute the pods and seeds throughout. You can also use the pods alone, if you have removed the "caviar" from the inside of the pods for use in another recipe. For our Grade 1 extract vanilla beans, just put the beans into the bowl whole - they will be too dry and brittle to work with, and may already be split to expose the insides.

Add ¼ cup of the sugar and mix well. (You may want to use your fingers to thoroughly mix the vanilla beans with the sugar as the beans may be moist and stick together.)

Add the remaining sugar and mix well, distributing the vanilla beans throughout the sugar. Transfer to a storage container, cover and store at room temperature indefinitely. Use as you would regular granulated sugar in baked goods and desserts. [After several weeks, you can remove the vanilla beans and use them again and again, until all their flavor is finally dissipated!]

Makes 6 cups.