Brown sugars
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Brown sugars
by Binky » Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:02 pm
Can someone point me to a site that explains in a non-longwinded way (some US sites tell you their lifestory before getting down to the actual details) the uses of brown sugar?
We are into making chelsea buns and have used two different brown sugars; the results have been nice but slightly different. Can't remember what we used first time as it was finishing off a bag, the empty packet of which is now long gone into the bin but OH commented how sticky it was. The last batch was made with demerara sugar and the results are not as sticky and a bit drier (I preferred sugar #1)
We are into making chelsea buns and have used two different brown sugars; the results have been nice but slightly different. Can't remember what we used first time as it was finishing off a bag, the empty packet of which is now long gone into the bin but OH commented how sticky it was. The last batch was made with demerara sugar and the results are not as sticky and a bit drier (I preferred sugar #1)
Re: Brown sugars
by Suelle » Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:11 pm
This looks quite simple, if you allow for the fact that it's American:
https://www.thekitchn.com/a-complete-vi ... nce-213715
Confectioners sugar is called icing sugar in the UK, and I don't think we have Cane Sugar for sale in the UK, as a specific type of sugar.
Sorry - I didn't read your question properly, about wanting to know when to use which sugar - will have another look.
https://www.thekitchn.com/a-complete-vi ... nce-213715
Confectioners sugar is called icing sugar in the UK, and I don't think we have Cane Sugar for sale in the UK, as a specific type of sugar.
Sorry - I didn't read your question properly, about wanting to know when to use which sugar - will have another look.
Traditional home baking, and more:
http://mainlybaking.blogspot.co.uk/
http://mainlybaking.blogspot.co.uk/
Re: Brown sugars
by Suelle » Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:15 pm
Traditional home baking, and more:
http://mainlybaking.blogspot.co.uk/
http://mainlybaking.blogspot.co.uk/
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Re: Brown sugars
by Stokey Sue » Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:27 pm
I was going to suggest Billington's web site, they used ot have a really good guide but <rant warning> like so many firms they have decided that online catalogues and information aren't as much "fun" as illegible graphics and it's pretty useless now
https://www.billingtons.co.uk/
Whitworth's site is a bit better, it does at least list all the sugars they make, and you can click through to details, but there's no comparison and no guide to which sugar to use, you have to guess and check
https://whitworths-sugar.co.uk/pages/our-sugars
And the sugar entry in the Waitrose food glossary is helpful, and in British English of course!
https://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/f ... sugar.html
https://www.billingtons.co.uk/
Whitworth's site is a bit better, it does at least list all the sugars they make, and you can click through to details, but there's no comparison and no guide to which sugar to use, you have to guess and check
https://whitworths-sugar.co.uk/pages/our-sugars
And the sugar entry in the Waitrose food glossary is helpful, and in British English of course!
https://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/f ... sugar.html
Re: Brown sugars
by Binky » Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:03 pm
Thanks both.
From the Whitworth site I am sure our first bag of sugar was dark muscovado. The second one is the soft brown sugar which the website says is white sugar dyed brown!
From the Whitworth site I am sure our first bag of sugar was dark muscovado. The second one is the soft brown sugar which the website says is white sugar dyed brown!
Re: Brown sugars
by Suelle » Fri Mar 19, 2021 5:31 pm
Binky wrote:Thanks both.
From the Whitworth site I am sure our first bag of sugar was dark muscovado. The second one is the soft brown sugar which the website says is white sugar dyed brown!
It's confusing, isn't it? I always thought the sugars labelled 'soft' brown - both light and dark - were just coloured to be brown, but some sites say they are more similar to muscovado sugar - less refined sugar, with a proportion of molasses added.
Traditional home baking, and more:
http://mainlybaking.blogspot.co.uk/
http://mainlybaking.blogspot.co.uk/
Re: Brown sugars
by ZeroCook » Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:59 pm
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I use soft light brown sugar for most everyday cooking that needs brown sugar - small granules, goid colour and flavour and medium but not overly sticky texture. I keep open bags in the freezer to stop sugar from drying out and becoming rock hard.
The Waitrose link is good.
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I use soft light brown sugar for most everyday cooking that needs brown sugar - small granules, goid colour and flavour and medium but not overly sticky texture. I keep open bags in the freezer to stop sugar from drying out and becoming rock hard.
The Waitrose link is good.
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Re: Brown sugars
by aero280 » Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:55 pm
I have a selection of sugars - all from Traidcraft. https://www.traidcraftshop.co.uk/food/s ... oard/sugar
Dark Muscovado
Light Muscovado - doesn't seen to be on the list anymore.
(They have light brown soft now (which is out of stock...)
Demerara
Golden Granulated, which is a very pale golden colour.
Plus a bag of Sainsbury's icing sugar.
Dark Muscovado
Light Muscovado - doesn't seen to be on the list anymore.
(They have light brown soft now (which is out of stock...)
Demerara
Golden Granulated, which is a very pale golden colour.
Plus a bag of Sainsbury's icing sugar.
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