What Is Vanilla sugar and How Can I Use It?
Vanilla sugar is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store it, what to substitute, and 24 recipes to get you started.
| In Chinese: | 香草糖 | |
| British (UK) term: | Vanilla sugar | |
| en français: | sucre vanillé | |
| en español: | azúcar de vainilla |
Recipes using vanilla sugar
There are 24 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Fluffy Lemon Coffee-Cake
All over the world there are various coffee-cakes recipes. Some of them became a part of the traditional dishes. And my sister got one recently, which she discovered suddenly and I really liked it. It's fluffy and soft, it reveals itself in a wonderful lemon flavour...
Vanillas Kifli
Hungarian vanilla kifli cookies: tender butter crescents rolled in vanilla sugar, then dipped in semi-sweet chocolate. A traditional Eastern European holiday cookie with a melt-in-the-mouth crumb.
Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies
Flourless Passover chocolate chip cookies made with matzo meal, cake meal, and potato starch. Kosher for Passover, gluten-free leaning, with crisp edges and chewy centers.
Cheese Cake (Nurit)
Israeli-style crustless cheesecake with tangy leben, whipped egg whites, and a vanilla pudding topping. A light, airy baked cheese cake that's tall, fluffy, and not overly sweet.
Golden Cake
Golden Cake, a delicate European cheesecake with a buttery almond pastry base and an airy curd cheese, lemon and cream filling, served with fresh strawberry or raspberry puree. Old-world elegance on a plate.
Chocolate Coconut Cake
Chocolate coconut cake topped with a boiled coconut-coffee-cocoa glaze that soaks into the warm crumb. Simple pantry ingredients for a rich, fudgy everyday cake with tropical coconut finish.
Salzburger Nockerln
Salzburger Nockerln: Austrian meringue souffle baked into three fluffy peaks over a pool of butter and jelly. A centuries-old Salzburg dessert meant to be eaten the moment it leaves the oven.
Apple & Almond Streusel Cake
German yeast cake with rows of sliced apples topped with buttery streusel and slivered almonds for a not-too-sweet coffee cake perfect for brunch or afternoon tea.
Kartaeuserkloesse(Carthusian Dumplings)
Carthusian dumplings (Kartaeuserkloesse) transform stale kaiser rolls into sweet, deep-fried dumplings soaked in lemony custard, breaded, and rolled in cinnamon sugar. A German classic.
Chocolate Raisin Bars
Buttery shortbread-style raisin bars dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate. Made with potato flour and vanilla sugar for a tender, crumbly European-style biscuit. Makes 20.
Kartaeuserkloesse (Carthusian Dumplings)
Carthusian dumplings made from stale kaiser rolls soaked in lemon-milk custard, breaded, deep-fried, and rolled in cinnamon sugar. A classic German dessert.
Pesach Brownies
Fudgy Passover brownies made with matzo meal and cocoa powder instead of flour. Kosher for Pesach, rich and chocolatey, with a dense chewy texture the whole family will fight over.
Heidesand (Sandies)
Heidesand cookies are traditional German sandies made with just three ingredients: browned butter, flour, and vanilla sugar. A crispy, nutty slice-and-bake cookie with deep caramel flavor.
Cottage Cheese & Oil Pastry
German cottage cheese and oil pastry dough (Quark-Öl-Teig): a tender, no-butter base for fruit tarts, sweet rolls, and stollen made without yeast. Quick to mix and ready to roll in 20 minutes.
Lemon Cheesecake
Lemon cheesecake with vanilla sugar, fresh lemon zest, and a graham cracker crust. Light and airy from folded egg whites, finished with a sour cream topping.
Chestnut Souffle From Ticino
A light, cloud-like Swiss souffle made from dried chestnuts simmered in milk, laced with grappa, and lifted by fluffy egg whites. Dusted with icing sugar and served straight from the oven.
Apricot Flan (Valais)
Swiss-style flan with fresh apricot halves baked in vanilla cream custard, dusted with powdered sugar and served warm or cold.
Toffee Cream Cake
Crisp almond meringue base layered with homemade golden syrup toffee cream, billowy whipped cream, and a dusting of cocoa. An elegant British-style cake with a nearly gluten-free base.
Steamed Brownie Cake
A fudgy chocolate brownie cake steamed in a pot-within-a-pot using shelf-stable ingredients like dried eggs and buttermilk powder. Ideal for camping, off-grid baking, or when you don't have an oven.
Vegan Chocolate Sponge Cake
A light, springy chocolate sponge cake made with just six pantry staples and absolutely no eggs or dairy. Two layers sandwiched with fudge icing, dusted with grated chocolate and powdered sugar. Vegan baking at its most unfussy.
Kolacz Weselny (Sculpture Cake)
This very old recipe is famous for the artistic, decorative sculpture arranged on top. The picture in the cookbook has the upper outer edge circled with a braid of dough and cut-outs of ducks arranged flat on the top.
