Name one thing you should never go cheap or skimp on in life

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by sageofages

How about "fresh" vanilla beans? I love to make vanilla sugar, and would love to find something fresher than the dried ones in our grocery store.

fyi...vanilla sugar is when you bury a vanilla bean in sugar in a sealed container for several weeks. It has a great vanilla hint to many things.

Wow! I haven't had that since my aunt passed away! How much sugar to one vanilla bean? It's really great for baking!

And I'll add Pam, or whatever you want to call lo-cal cooking spray. Some of them have seriously nasty smells!

[sageofages]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Wow! I haven't had that since my aunt passed away! How much sugar to one vanilla bean? It's really great for baking!

And I'll add Pam, or whatever you want to call lo-cal cooking spray. Some of them have seriously nasty smells!

I had to read that twice to realize you mean "pam" the cooking spray...rather than me ;0!

One vanilla bean to about 1.5 cups sugar. I use a sugar dispenser you might find at a coffee stand in the office work room and duct tape the spout shut.
Works like a charm. BEST sugar evah!