Vanilla Milk

Ingredients

• Vanilla sugar (optional)
• 1 cup 2% milk (or milk/dairy alternative of your choice)
• 2 Tbsp vanilla syrup (recipe below or store-bought)

Vanilla Syrup

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise

Instructions

• Optional: Put vanilla sugar on a small plate. Lightly brush the rim of a glass with syrup and dip upside down in vanilla sugar to coat rim.
• Pour milk into glass and stir in about 2 Tbsp vanilla syrup until combined. Taste and add more syrup if desired.

Vanilla Syrup

• Put water and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower heat and let mixture simmer for about 10 minutes until sugar is completely dissolved and mixture has thickened a bit.
• Pour syrup into a heat-proof jar or container. Scrape out some of the seeds from the sliced open vanilla pod with a sharp knife* and add them and the vanilla bean into the syrup. 
• Place syrup in fridge and let steep for at least 6 hours* Syrup will thicken more as it cools. If you want a more intense vanilla flavor, you can leave the bean in after 6 hours.
• When vanilla syrup is stored in an airtight container in the fridge, it should stay good for about a month. One batch of syrup should make about 10 servings of vanilla milk if making recipe as written.

Notes

*If you are in a rush and don’t want to wait 6 hours for syrup to infuse, let it cool and shake jar vigorously to infuse vanilla flavor faster. Taste before using.

• Feel free to use more or less than 2 Tbsp of syrup to suit your tastes.