Who can't use their own personal small collection of flavored salts and sugars to update their spice cupboard? Possibly the perfect DIY gift for anyone who loves to spend their time cooking and baking in kitchen and on the outdoor grill. Your recipients are sure to love these flavored salt and sugar recipes.
Let's face it, salt is in everything. So why not add a little extra flavor where it counts. Salt is so versatile that it can go either way (savory or sweet). Cater your salt flavor to your recipient's taste, or just use what you have on hand. Sweet ideas include:
DIRECTIONS
Zest three lemons in a shallow oven-proof dish.
Mix salt
in with the lemon.Juice one lemon into the salt. Mix the salt, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Be sure to use a fork or your fingers to break up the salt as much as possible.
Preheat the oven to 200ºF. Place the lemon salt in the oven for about 20-25 minutes to dry out the salt.
Wait for the salt to cool and use a fork or your fingers to break up salt.
Package up the salt in small jars.
*Part of POPSUGAR's 30 of our favorite edible gifts Collection
Ideas for flavors to infuse into your sugars include:
Ideas for flavors to infuse into your sugars include:
- Habanero
Sugar (use dried ground habaneros
)
-
Espresso Sugar (use espresso powder
)
-
Coconut Sugar (use coconut flavor
and coconut oil
)
-
Lemon and Lime Sugar (use dried lemon zest
and dried lime zest
)
-
Peppermint Sugar (use peppermint extract
)
-
Vanilla Bean Sugar (use real vanilla beans
)
-
Colored Sugar (use natural food coloring
)
-
Cardamon Sugar (use whole cardamon
or crushed cardamon
)
Method:
1 cup of white granulated sugar
or raw sugar
1- 2 tsp of flavor or spice
Store in an airtight Mason Glass Jar
for one week, unrefrigerated.After one week, taste and determine whether to store longer, add more flavor, or proceed to gift giving.
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