Place the lavender heads and about 2 tablespoons sugar into a food mixer or coffee/spice blender Pulse together for about 1 minute or until the lavender is ground the same consistency as ground spices
Place the rest of the sugar into a large mixing bowl amp; add the ground lavender and sugar mix
Mix well
In tall jar Kilner jars are good pour half the lavender sugar; place the three vanilla pods in the jar towards the outside so they may be seen
Carefully add the rest of the sugar so the vanilla pods are standing up in the sugar
Seal and keep for about 2 weeks before using
Store in a dark dry and cool place
This lasts up to 1 year and the vanilla pods can be used numerous times again after the sugar has finished
Use in cakes biscuits cookies jams cream desserts ice-cream pies and tarts crumbles trifles and junkets etc
