Pearl Sugar Recipe
This do-it-yourself pearl sugar recipe will give you a vanilla-flavored pearl sugar that’s perfect for waffles and baked goods and will cost you a lot less than the store-bought version.
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 391kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar 200g
- 3 teaspoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a small saucepan.
- Place the saucepan over low heat and stir the mixture with a spoon or spatula until small clumps begin to form.
- When satisfied with the size of the clumps, let them dry over low heat for 20 to 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Remove from heat and let the clumps cool on a dry surface. They will harden up more when fully cooled.
- After cooled, store pearls sugar inside an airtight container, in a dry spot and away from direct sunlight.
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Notes
Don’t add more water than the recipe asks for. You want to add just enough to be able to make sugar clumps that stay together.
Don’t cook over high heat or the sugar will caramelize.
If there’s too much loose sugar, or it’s still too hard to form clumps, you might add half a teaspoon more of water.
If clumps don’t look dry after 25 minutes, cook them over low heat for 5 minutes more. Depending on the material and thickness of your saucepan/pan, it can take more or less time for your pearls to fully dry.
I prefer using caster (also called berry or super-fine) sugar for making sugar pearls, but granulated sugar also works. If you can’t find caster sugar where you live, you can blend or process for 2 to 3 minutes granulated sugar to make the grains a bit smaller.
Calories estimated in this recipe card are equivalent to ⅓ cup of sugar pearls.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 391kcal | Carbohydrates: 100g | Fat: 0.3g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 5mg | Sugar: 100g | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.1mg