Prepare Homemade Vanilla Bean Powder to Store it for Future Use

It is common to hear the availability of vanilla extract in the online marketplace but have you heard about readymade Vanilla bean powder. Of course, you have, if you are fond of eating desserts and ice-creams. In the market, vanilla powder is available and it contains sugar. Therefore, it is sometimes labelled as vanilla sugar and is commonly used as a substitute to white sugar in many recipes. It usually has an intense sweet and rich taste with rich vanilla aroma and flavour.  The powder, which is available in the marketplaces, has a sweeter taste with milder flavour. But just like extract, you can even make vanilla powder at home and use it for different purposes.

Vanilla bean powder contains limited amount of potassium, calcium, magnesium and manganese. But this nutritional profile varies significantly if your vanilla powder contains the sugar.

Different Uses of Vanilla Bean Powder

• The pure powder made from high-grade Vanilla beans is ideal to sprinkle on baked good items like doughnuts and chocolate chip cookies for added flavour. You can even add a small pinch of powder while preparing the dough for pancake.
• All those baked products, which do not require additional liquid or high-heating cooking methods, are easy to prepare with vanilla powder instead of vanilla extract.
• Believe it or not, most of the flavoured coffee contains artificial synthetic flavours. To get the natural flavourful coffee, you can add a teaspoon of dried vanilla bean powder to it before brewing. It offers not only additional health benefits but tastes lip-smacking as well.
• If you are preparing dry mixes for oatmeal or protein shakes, simply add a handful of the powder in the dry mix to get the required flavour and aroma.

A point to remember is that if you are substituting the vanilla extract with the vanilla bean powder, make sure to replace it with the right quantity to get the desired results. It is because the powder has concentrated flavour on the higher side, so replace 1 teaspoon of extract with ½ teaspoon of powder. Even you can replace 1 vanilla bean with ½ teaspoon of powder in any recipe.

The shelf life of pure and unadulterated vanilla bean powder is as high as 2 years when stored in a cool and dark place. So, you can prepare the powder in bulk quantity and store it in an air-tight container to use it as and when required.

Whether to Buy or Preparing Own Powder?

It is a tricky question. The choice is truly yours. If you are looking for pure vanilla bean powder, it is hard to find in the marketplace as most of the powder contains sugar and preservatives. So, you need to prepare it at a home, which is a simple task. Simply purchase the vanilla beans in bulk, dehydrate them for one week and then grind them in a coffee grinder. The option of buying the powder is always available if you are not willing to make it at a home. But just like beans, even the powder is expensive.

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