Sure, you can buy ready-made vanilla sugar or vanilla essence, but quite frankly, why? It’s not as if making your own is very hard and believe me it tastes so much better!

You need:

A jar (if it’s pretty that’s naturally a big plus)

A vanilla pod cut open and with the content scraped out (as it will be if you use it in a recipe)

Sugar

Here’s how to:

1. Put the vanilla pod in the jar (yes, it’s OK to squash it to get it in).
2. Fill up with sugar.
3. Put on lid and wait for approximately a day.

You now have your own vanilla sugar that is excellent when baking, in coffee or in almost any dessert. Personally I kinda like it sprinkled over Greek honey with some strawberries for a really simple dessert. Like you could do that with vanilla essence!