Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumToasted sugar. Has anyone tried this? I've never heard of it before.
Toasting sugar in a low oven allows for a range of caramelization without ever sacrificing its crystalline structure. The result is a sort of "granulated caramel" that can be used in any recipe as a one-to-one substitution for plain sugar. A mere hour of toasting will dramatically tame the sugar's sweetness, while extended periods of time will develop a more intense caramel flavor. So play around and find out what style works best for you.
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/05/dry-toasted-sugar-granulated-caramel-recipe.html
Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)This method toasts granulated white sugar with low heat.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)You can also make it at home by mixing white refined sugar with molasses.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)You start out with sugarcane-juice or sugar-beet-juice and boil it into molasses. The sugar in the molasses crystallizes and you get brown lumps of sugar. If this gets grinded down, that's the brown sugar you can buy. Brown sugar is then further refined and cleaned and you get white sugar.
Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)Instead
Of industrial arts.
912gdm
(959 posts)I would have asked the same thing but I knew about its molasses content.
Chipper Chat
(9,703 posts)And I hate cookies.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Brown sugar glazed salmon. I will try doing what you said. Step one...buy white sugar. Lol
Btw. What ever happened to to dark brown sugar? Have only seen light brown in stores for a long time now.
Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)as a substitute for brown sugar. It appears that it's mainly used for adding a caramel flavor to baked goods.
More info here: https://food52.com/blog/20235-how-to-make-and-use-roasted-sugar
As far as dark brown sugar, I see it at the store where I shop though I usually use light brown.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Sometimes. Like the only chicken broth I like manischewitz kosher disappeared a couple months ago. Maybe they stopped making it but I don't see it in Texas or Connecticut where I'm from.