Flavored Sugar

Hey guys, I have to apologize for not writing a blog post in some time.  I've been a bit busy and am freaking out about school a little bit right now, yet I owe you all one thing I suppose.  So I think I'll post a blog post of Flavored Sugar.  I've been experimenting with unusual ingredients recently and made some of my own flavored sugar.

Flavored Sugar

1-2 Pints of white sugar
Powdered and whole form of flavor

Flavors:
2-3 tsp lavender (ground up and sifted into powder)
1-2 tsp cinnamon (ground up to powder in sugar) plus a stick
1 vanilla bean (whole or scraped and mixed in)
9 dried spearmint leaves (ground up as powder in sugar)
1 dried organic citrus peel (cut very thinly whole and a little ground with sugar)
2 whole freshly dried roses' petals (whole in the sugar)
1-2 tsp various other spices (like allspice, nutmeg, clove, chili pepper)
1-2 tsp cocoa powder (mixed into sugar)
1-2 Tbsp matcha (mixed in if you want instant green tea)
1 tsp freshly ground coffee (ground up into powder with sugar and sifted)

Basically choose any of these ingredients of another of your choosing and mix it up (DRY!) in a pint mason jar full of sugar and then use it.  I prefer to use it as sugar in green tea, but you can use it to bake to give extra flavor or enhance other flavors.  I would try and avoid mixing too much

I recently made 4 sugars.

1) Lavender Powder sugar
Made from mixing up powdered lavender flowers into sugar.

2) Cinnamon Chai sugar
Made from mixing up powdered cinnamon, clove, allspice, ginger, black pepper, and nutmeg into sugar.

3) Cinnamon infused sugar
Made from adding in 3 broken cinnamon sticks into the sugar and letting the scent infuse to a subtle and sweet flavor.

4) Lavender infused sugar
Made from adding 2 Tbsp lavender flowers into a small pouch placed in the sugar letting the scent infuse for a subtle and very floral flavor.


I hope this makes you want to play around and try some combinations with sugar.  Just try not to mix too much and get some bad tasting thing.  Be careful and have fun!!

~XOX~ Kyle ~OXO~