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Homemade Vanilla Salt - Easy DIY Gift

This homemade vanilla salt is a simple but luxurious finishing salt that adds incredible flavor to baked goods, desserts, and sweet treats. Made with just two ingredients, it’s an easy DIY edible gift. Sprinkle it onto cookies, brownies, caramel, and more.
Course Dessert, Finishing
Cuisine American
Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword Vanilla salt
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1 jar
Calories 2kcal
Author Katie Trant

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flaky sea salt such as Fleur de Sel
  • 1-2 large vanilla beans split in half and scraped out
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Place the salt in a medium-sized bowl.
    1 cup flaky sea salt
  • Split the vanilla beans in half and scrape the seeds out.
    1-2 large vanilla beans
  • Combine the vanilla beans with the salt, and use your hands to rub into the salt to distribute evenly. 
  • Transfer the salt into a jar. 

Notes

  • To make this recipe you'll need 1-2 vanilla beans per cup of salt. It depends on how vanilla-y your beans are and how vanilla-y you want your salt to be.
    How long will vanilla salt last? Pretty much indefinitely. Just store it in an airtight container in the cupboard. 
  • Vanilla beans are expensive, so I like to squeeze every last drop of life out of them. I made this batch of vanilla salt with beans I'd already used to make vanilla extract but that still had plenty of seeds inside. 

Nutrition

Calories: 2kcal | Sodium: 113173mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg