Those still-useful pods are too valuable for mere scented sugar. Tossing a spent vanilla bean in a jar of sugar is an old, oft-suggested “hack” with a simple premise: After scraping out the innards of ...

Creating vanilla sugar at home is super easy and fun! All you need is some granulated sugar and vanilla beans. Once you make it, you can use it instead of regular sugar in your coffee or tea or add it ...

1 vanilla bean, slit down the middle lengthwise and coarsely chopped 1 cup granulated sugar, plus additional for sprinkling 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 large egg, at room ...

Preheat a nonstick 8- or 9-inch skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Whisk the eggs, vanilla, vanilla bean seeds, and sugar with a fork until just combined. Melt the butter in the skillet, swirl ...

Sharing a photo of her yummy cookies on the ‘gram, Stewart wrote, “Instead of icing this season’s sugar cookies, we stamped out circles and edged them in two sizes of sanding sugar for full, colorful ...

Heat the water, 3/4 cup of the sugar and vanilla bean in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally. Add the pears and cook for 10 minutes or until tender, ...