I'm back on the laptop wrote:
> "Steve Freides" > wrote in news:k746l1$ovo$1
> @speranza.aioe.org:
>
>> Anyone used coconut sugar and care to comment? I bought organic
>> coconut sugar at Whole Foods. We don't bake from scratch much and
>> my main use for sugar is making simple syrup, for which I currently
>> use organic sugar and turbinado sugar, both of which have a bit of
>> molasses in them, the latter slightly more than the former.
>>
>> I'm wondering what simple syrup made with coconut sugar is going to
>> be like, and I'll certainly give it a try - just curious to hear if
>> anyone else uses this stuff, and why, and how.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -S-
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> I forgot to mention, and it probably has no relevance to your coconut
> sugar, but I make my own vanilla sugar. Caster sugar and a couple of
> vanilla beens split and all put in a jar and left for however long.
> Did the same with some homemade vodka and beans.... to make vanilla
> essence.
>
> From memory, I sent some essence to cshenk a couple years back. Still
> have the same original bottle , still going strong :-)
>
>
> Peter
> Brisbane
> Australia

We also home make vanilla extract. I like bourbon so that's what we
use - we buy vanilla beans in quantity on ebay, thrown them into a
bottle of Jim Beam, and let it sit. Once we start using it, we still
leave the vanilla beans in there. When we've used all the liquid in the
bottle, we shake out the vanilla beans, grind them up, and use them in
vanilla ice cream or some other thing in the kitchen.

-S-

"Steve Freides" > wrote in news:k74l78$s9k$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

> I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>> "Steve Freides" > wrote in news:k746l1$ovo$1
>> @speranza.aioe.org:
>>
>>> Anyone used coconut sugar and care to comment? I bought organic
>>> coconut sugar at Whole Foods. We don't bake from scratch much and
>>> my main use for sugar is making simple syrup, for which I currently
>>> use organic sugar and turbinado sugar, both of which have a bit of
>>> molasses in them, the latter slightly more than the former.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering what simple syrup made with coconut sugar is going to
>>> be like, and I'll certainly give it a try - just curious to hear if
>>> anyone else uses this stuff, and why, and how.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> -S-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I forgot to mention, and it probably has no relevance to your coconut
>> sugar, but I make my own vanilla sugar. Caster sugar and a couple of
>> vanilla beens split and all put in a jar and left for however long.
>> Did the same with some homemade vodka and beans.... to make vanilla
>> essence.
>>
>> From memory, I sent some essence to cshenk a couple years back. Still
>> have the same original bottle , still going strong :-)

>
> We also home make vanilla extract. I like bourbon so that's what we
> use - we buy vanilla beans in quantity on ebay, thrown them into a
> bottle of Jim Beam, and let it sit. Once we start using it, we still
> leave the vanilla beans in there. When we've used all the liquid in
the
> bottle, we shake out the vanilla beans, grind them up, and use them in
> vanilla ice cream or some other thing in the kitchen.
>
> -S-
>
>
>



Cool!! Thanks for the tip.



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