Category "sugar"

Is it possible to make caramel that does not taste sweet?

Since sugar turns into caramel when heated, caramel is not sugar. I suppose then, that caramel still tastes sweet because of the uncaramelized sugar mixed in th

Sweetening cranberry juice impossible?

I have used sugar to sweeten things and it usually works. Lemons - Yes Limes - Yes Blueberries - Yes(they get tart when they are overripe and most overripe blu

What is "Buttered Sugar"?

What is "Buttered Sugar"? Is it something specific? I got the term from this image floating around the net. I'm trying to understand what specifically the diff

How long can you store sugar syrup? [duplicate]

Recently, we made a variety of cocktails from Ottolenghi and Scully's NOPI book. Now, we are left with two sugar syrups. According to the book

How much brown sugar do I add to one third a cup to make half a cup of brown sugar

How much brown sugar do I add to one third cup to make half cup brown sugar?

How to scale up pudding recipe 10x?

I am trying to make a 10X recipe of a cooked pudding. It uses flour and corn starch as a thickener. I scaled up the ingredients proportionally, but it is not

Italian meringue deflated after adding sugar

I've only ever made French meringue prior to this, and I've only ever used whole, separated eggs. In this case, I used egg whites out of a carton (probably sho

Caramel with their 3 stages (liquid, soft, chewy): What is the key difference when cooking?

I want to know what is the extra step that make the difference between: Caramel Sauce; Soft Caramel; Chewy Caramel. I will take Christophe Michalak recipe: 10

Can I use raw sugar to make cookies instead of granulated?

I am currently outside of the United States and I haven't been able to find granulated sugar, all I've been able to find is what seems to be raw sugar and powde

How much do I reduce the sugar when using a sweeter fruit in a pie filling?

I've got a surplus of Bing cherries at the moment, since they're in season and therefore on sale everywhere. I have a handful of made-from-scratch cherry pie f

Do I use pure glucose or sugar syrup for making a caramel filling for a cookie?

I am trying to perfect my Dutch syrup waffles (stroopwafels). The cookies (waffles are perfect but the caramel filling is giving me problems. I tried making th

Vietnamese burnt sugar beverage

A while ago we ate at a Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. We were given these nice burnt sugar-flavored beverages to drink, but unfortunately

Dissolving xylitol in a raw, home-made chocolate

I was doing a home-made, raw chocolate, made of: raw cocoa powder raw cocoa butter xylitol, substituting sugar The problem was that xylitol was not dissolving

Will different kinds of sugar or coffee affect coffee syrup flavor?

This coffee syrup is basically a 2 to 1 ratio of sugar to coffee, and you boil it to a thick syrup. A person who tasted the final dish said it tasted like espre

How do I reduce the sugar in this recipe without affecting the taste?

How do I make my Italian sweet sauce be lower in sugar without affecting the taste? Last time I made it I was 5, as a result there is a lot of bugs that I need

Can I make a pecan pie with corn syrup only?

I want to make a fructose free one for my dad. I am not a fan of sugar substitutes, either. Karo doesn't have fructose but sugar does. If I left out the sugar c

How to make sugar coated fennel seeds at home?

Fennel seeds have a great flavor and are good for digestion. I tried sugar coating them at home. But drying them up once the seeds got added to hot sugar syrup

Measuring powdered sugar

I have some old recipes that call for a box of powdered sugar. How many cups would that equal ? I buy powdered sugar in two pound bags.

Halving cassoulet recipe cooking time

I have a recipe for cassoulet which takes 45mins plus 30 mins extra when you put the beans in. How long would it take when recipe is halved?

Can we use white sugar, instead of brown sugar?

I want to bake a cake but I don't have light brown sugar. Can I replace it with white sugar?