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allergy friendly, recipes, Sweet · September 2, 2014

Herbed Sugars

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesToday, I am taking plain ole sugar and spicing it up a bit. Literally!

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesWith the abundance of mint and lavender growing in my garden this summer, I searched for different ways to use herbs on the internet and stumbled on a slew of recipes for lavender sugar, like this one. I figured why stop there?

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesI searched around some more and found even more herb infused sugar ideas. I filtered through all the recipes and settled on four versions that I like best. I have adjusted ratios to my liking. Feel free to do the same yourself. It’s really hard to mess these recipes up!

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesThey are super simple and easy to make, and they add an extra special touch to whatever you like to sprinkle sugar onto.

Toast, popcorn, lemonade, sweet breads, fruit….

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesI happen to looooove sugared strawberries. Add a little lavender sugar…instant. fancy. 

Ready to make some too?

Sweet! 😉

Herbed Sugars - Delia Creates Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesLavender Sugar

1 sprig of dried culinary lavender

1 cup of sugar (or any sweetener of your choice – I used a mix of turbinado and beet sugar in the picture below)

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesMix together.

The lavender aroma develops more over time. Let it “marinate” in the sugar at least a day before using, to get noticeable lavender flavor. Be sure to use a culinary lavender like Munstead. Other varieties may be for aroma therapy products and may be too strong, or they may be ornamental. Note: Most stores and garden nurseries carry only culinary lavender. It the most common kind.

If you don’t want the blooms to mix with your sugar, keep them on the stem and/or tie them up in a little swatch of muslin. Store in an airtight container at room temperature. It keeps for the life of the sugar as long as you make sure the lavender is completely dry before using.

Warning: This recipes makes a fairly potent batch of lavender sugar. With dried lavender a little bit goes a long way. That said, if you are tying it up in muslin, you may need to use more than if you were to put it directly in the sugar.

Herbed Sugars - Delia Creates Vanilla Bean Sugar

1/3 of a vanilla bean

1 cup of sugar (or any sweetener of your choice – I used turbinado sugar in these pictures)

Herbed Sugars - Delia Creates Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesTo help the vanilla bean release it’s flavor better, split it open and scrape the bean contents into the sugar and mix together, with bean peel and all. Store with bean peel and scrapings in an airtight container at room temperature. Keeps for the life of the sugar. (Yes, sugar can eventually go bad)

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesCitrus Sugar

1 Tbsp. of zest from citrus of your choosing

1 cup of sugar

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You have two options.

1. Dry the zest and then mix with sugar. Store at room temperature long term. (Make sure peel is completely dry!)

2. Blend or mix fresh zest with sugar. Store in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, for about a week.

You can use grated zest or large strips like I did. It all works.

Use lemons, oranges, limes, grapefruit…or all four for a citrus blend!

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesMint Sugar

2 parts sugar

1 part fresh mint

Blend fresh mint together with sugar in a food processor. Store in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, for about a week.

This awesome recipe is from the Pastry Affair HERE. I just mixed things up a little bit by using a food processor instead of a mortar and pestle. I also found that the sugar lasts longer than two days when kept in the fridge.

Herbed Sugars - Delia Creates

Alternatively, you may dry the mint before hand. I think it doesn’t taste as yummy, but it’s still good. Reduce the mint to about half the amount if using dried. Keeps for the life of the sugar.

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Each herbed sugar has their place… the vanilla is classic and goes with almost everything, the citrus freshens up any sweet dish, the lavender is gourmet in a shake…but the mint is probably my favorite.

Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesEvery person who I have had try it, always responds with a, “Wow!” and “Yum!” It really tastes that good, and it’s a little unexpected. I like that in a sugar. 😉

Herbed Sugars - Delia Creates

Well, there you have it….a few super simple ways to dress up your sugar and your desserts! Herbed Sugars - Delia CreatesHerbed Sugars - Delia Creates

Enjoy!

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  1. Charity says

    September 3, 2014 at 7:01 PM

    Those sound amazing! I’ve never had any kind of herbed sugar, but I’m itching to try one now. I’ll have to find some of these ingredients! =)

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    • Delia says

      September 3, 2014 at 7:26 PM

      Thanks Charity! Yes, they are so easy and tasty!

      Reply
  2. Mama Maakt.... (Petra) says

    September 4, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    I love those sugars. In my cupboard you can always find vanillaflavoured sugar and cinnamon sugar (great for pancakes, applepie & rhubarb). Just add cinnamon powder to a (old jampot of) sugar and shake well. A ‘chore’ my kids love to do, just as I did when I made it for my mum.

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    • Mama Maakt.... (Petra) says

      September 4, 2014 at 11:08 AM

      jampot = jamjar

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