These easy last-minute cookies are crisp and sugary outside. Look for coarse granulated sugar in your local bulk-food store.
Two sources of vanilla give these cookies a deep and complex vanilla taste. Put the scraped bean pods into your sugar canister to add flavourful notes to granulated sugar.
Mild and fruity white balsamic vinegar lends sweetness to this refreshing melon salad. No white balsamic? Whisk 2 tbsp (25 mL) white wine vinegar with 1 tsp (5 mL) granulated sugar.
Vanilla bean and fragrant lemon zest give this buttery shortbread an incredible aroma. Once you've used the seeds, add the vanilla pod to a jar of granulated sugar to make gourmet vanilla sugar.
For the duck to be truly tender, it must be cooked medium-rare and sliced thinly. Instead of port, you can use 3/4 cup dry red wine and 2 tsp granulated sugar.
This dish is like a quiche without the crust. Serve it for supper, lunch or brunch with a side salad and sourdough bread. If you want to use frozen corn, add 1 tbsp (15 mL) granulated sugar.
Macadamia nuts garnish this crisp, bright Asian-flavoured slaw. If you don't have any sweet Asian chili sauce, use 1/2 tsp (2 mL) hot pepper sauce mixed with 1/4 tsp (1 mL) granulated sugar.
This recipe is from our new book, The Barbecue Collection. If you can't find kecap manis, boil together 1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar, 1/3 cup (75 mL) soy sauce and 2 tbsp (30 mL) fancy molasses until sugar is dissolved.
The coarse sugar on these licorice-flavoured drops glistens like snowballs. Split the remaining vanilla bean half and place in airtight container with 1/2 cup granulated sugar. The vanilla will permeate the sugar. Use it to sprinkle on scones or cookies, or in your morning coffee.
This four-ingredient cookie couldn't be simpler. The vanilla bean gives a lovely hit of flavour without using extract, which is usually not kosher for Passover. The scraped bean pod can be added to a canister of granulated sugar to perfume it for all of your baking.
