This little cooking tidbit makes me very excited! I believe I had heard this tip before, but until Theresa reminded me in a recent post comment, I had forgotten to try it.
Did you know that you can make your own unprocessed powdered sugar from sucanat? Uh-huh, it’s true!!!
I have been using an organic, unbleached powdered sugar as a slightly healthier alternative to regular powdered sugar. At least it is organic and at least it has not been bleached. But still…there are not many nutrients left in this type.
But if you make your own powdered sugar from sucanat, you’ve got a much healthier powdered sugar. And would you like me to tell you how EASY it is to make powdered sugar?? Here, let me show you…
You need two things: A Blender and Sucanat
Put no more than two cups of sucanat in your blender at one time. I poured in four cups the first time I tried and it took forever to get it all “powdered”. Two cups at a time actually saves time, even if you need more than two cups of powdered sugar for a recipe.
Put the lid on your blender (always a good idea, right?). Blend up the sucanat for just a few seconds until it turns powdery.
Check out what happens when you take the lid off the blender. They don’t call it powdered sugar for nothin’…
And there you have it…homemade powdered sugar from sucanat.
I have only used this powdered sugar to make a chocolate fudge frosting (and yes, I’ll be sharing the recipe). I would imagine it will work for other recipes, but I’m pretty sure the frosting won’t ever be the color white. :) Wowza, I can not wait to experiment with more recipes using homemade powdered sugar. Look out everyone!
(Actually, the recipes may be few and far between. My family really doesn’t need to be eating that much sugar, even if it is healthier!)
So, what do ya think? What can we make with our homemade powdered sugar???
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Find many of your Sucanat questions answered here!
Recipes we’ve created so far to use with your Sucanat Powdered Sugar…
Oh wow, great idea and tip!! Thank you! On special occasions we love sprinkling a little powdered sugar over our French Toast, so this would be a very nice, healthier alternative. :-)
I was wondering about “healthy” powdered sugar the other day when I made icing for cinnamon rolls. I’m so glad to know that it’s super easy to make!! Now if I can just used to the smell of sucanat…
I’ve been making my own powdered sugar for quite a while. I use a coffee grinder though. Works great in every recipe I’ve tried!
That’s really, really good to know!
I just experimented a couple of weeks ago and made my own brown sugar too.
http://www.lovingmydomesticlife.com/2010/10/brown-sugar-indeed.html
I am so excited about this tip!!!!!! We have a few favorite family recipes that use powdered sugar & it pained me greatly to buy it. Yay, thanks so much!!!
How long do you blend it? I’ve tried to make my own powdered sugar before and it still tasted grainy in the recipe after blending until it LOOKED powdered.
Interesting! Looking forward to the chocolate icing recipe.
Very cool – I can’t wait to see your recipes to use this!
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You have no idea how hard it is to find the right powdered sugar to cook with for our kiddos who can’t have that reg. sugar. Trader Joes won’t carry it, Smart & Final – only on a whim, that leaves Whole Foods – & they only buy it by two bags at a time – so we clean them out! And Thursday is the cooking day – I Will Be trying organic sugar in the blender – til it looks like powder! I’ll let you know how it turns out!!!
THANK YOU!!! I dug up a gazillion carrots from my garden and wanted to make a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, but didn’t want to compromise on the frosting, so I just bagged the whole thing and made carrot soup. It was good, but when you’re dreaming of carrot cake, it’s just no substitute. Now my dessert dreams can come true:)
Mine was fine after probably 25 seconds? Maybe different blenders make different powders?
Great idea. Will have to try it one day!
This might work well in Butterfinger Torte.
marvelous. I didn’t even thing about it…and I used to make my own powdered sugar from white sugar….duh!
We do this! My husband makes the world’s best angel food cake from the eggs our hens lay, and he’s been doing it with homemade powdered sugar for sucanat for the past few months. The cakes aren’t pure white anymore, but the flavor is fantastic!
Haven’t tried the Sucanat yet, but will soon. I did however think of you today and made another switch, when purchasing some Vanilla… I bought Organic Pure Vanilla Extract. Your blog is slowly transforming us!! I’m going to make a batch of my own soon. Thanks so much!
Oh, and I forgot to say… I love the subtle change to your website! NICE!
I, too, have tried it in a coffee grinder and achieved grainy results. I’m excited to try it in my blender next time.
Thanks for this info! Now I have to find a source for sucanat. I guess I will have to purchase it on line. Local stores are slowly going organic by the day, but so far no sucanat!
I’ve never tried Sucanat. Does it differ in flavor from regular sugar?
Love this idea. I’m thinking that it would help the sucanat dissolve a little better in some recipes that call for regular sugar too.
Pam
This is one real ingredient we haven’t tried yet! That and coconut oil. Slowly we are getting there, just picked up our 1/4 of grass fed beef yesterday!
Heather
Great tip! Thanks!! =)
Wonderful! I’ve been wondering how we could get “healthy” powdered sugar. Thanks.
now that is brilliant!
thanks for yet another fabulous tip!
I always wondered if that would work. But usually I am making a vanilla frosting and it needs to be white.
I can’t believe you posted this! I just tried this yesterday afternoon because I’m trying to come up with a healthier frosting to decorate my sons’ birthday cakes with. I’m not having much success. :( I don’t think this is actually going to work for me though because I need to make colored frosting, and it definitely doesn’t turn white! :)
Any tips on low cost sucanat? My hinderance in getting these type of ingredients is cost.
What a fantastic idea! There is normally always a way to make processed simple foods at home the better way
such a great idea! I wonder, does this work with stevia? hubby can only use that as a sweetener.
Ok, never even considered making powdered sugar healthy. Thanks for the tip!
Ooooooooohhhh, I’ve been wanting to try sucanat, but was afraid to take the ($$) plunge! I don’t use sugar much… Now I’m just gonna have to try this!! Thanks for the wonderful tips, Laura!!
Yummy cream cheese icing :)
I’m not big on powdered sugar, but I have been using sucanat in all my recipes that call for white or brown sugar. I made a chocolate cake the other day, I used sucanat and the cake turned out grainy, but still very tasty. I made german chocolate cake icing, using sucanat, and the color was off, and the taste was different, but I was the only one to notice. Lol. Everyone else couldn’t stop saying how good it was. Secretly I was giving credit to the hard white wheat, and sucanat. Lol
I’m sending a like for this to a friend of mine. she is a butternut squash lover!! And I never would have thought to switch out the squash for pumpkin in a pie!! :)
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Oh…completely duh morning….wrong topic. I am however totally amazed
that you can make powdered sugar in the blender!! Awesome!!
This is awesome! Will try it! I always felt guilty using regular powdered sugar but the organic was a little pricey. Can’t wait to try it in one of your new ebooks I hope to win! Hee Hee!!
I don’t have sucanat, but I do have organic sugar ~ Have you tried that in the blender?
This would add a little more wholesome consistency to the yummmmmy “Almond Joys” I made recently with unsweetened organic coconut, yes??
Wholesome Christmas goodies?? Is that crazy or what?
hmmm maybe i can make powered sugar icing again. hmmmm maybe color with beet juice and other natural dyes?
With the Holidays just around the corner this is a very timely tip. Thank You!
I’ve been doing this with sucanat w/ honey for years. BUT I just got a tiny blender attachment for nuts and stuff that does an even better job than the big jar. It seemed if I did big amounts the bottom would get really hot and a bit melty in my Oster. I whilred almonds yesterday and was sooooo excited. Can’t wait to try it with the sucanat w/honey.
When baking chocolate chip cookies etc. I use sucanat for brown sugar and suc. w/honey in place of white sugar. Great for switching a family over to something a bit more nutritive.
Wow. I was just needing more powdered sugar yesterday and didn’t even think of this. Great idea!
You impress me! It’s amazing the things that can actually be made at home. Just the other day, I also discovered that evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk can also be made at home with just basic staple ingredients that most home cooks already have.
I’m ready for the chocolate frosting!!
This is wonderful! Thank you for the tip – I will be using it for sure.
very cool! how about the chocolate frosting? I love your website!
What a WONDERFUL tip – thank you – I had no idea :) – no I am going to looking for sucanat!
How about Pumpkin Roll? I love making and eating pumpkin roll. I think the brown powdered sugar will look better with the pumpkin roll than the white. Yummy!! Thanks for sharing.
Wow! I had no idea! I wonder what you could do when you needed white powdered sugar though? I don’t use powdered sugar a lot, but mainly for birthday cakes, and sometimes you really do need the frosting to be white… Any ideas??
Great idea. I don’t use a lot of powdered sugar, but this would certainly make it healthier. Hello holidays.
Another wonderful PARADE post!!! I will be making powdered sugar this weekend! Out with the old in with the new!
Thanks so much! I can’t wait to try this out!!
That would be yummy on french toast!
I was just wondering if there was a healthier version of powdered sugar! I’ll have to try this out! :)
I had heard you could do this but never tried it…can’t wait to get your frosting recipe, because that is the one thing I use powdered sugar for and that organic non bleached stuff is very clumpy and my frosting ends up with clumps…yucK!
also, I have my sucanat in the exact same container hehe!
thanks!
Great idea! Thanks
I just noticed – we store our lovely little sweetness in the same container! made me laugh.
Interesting idea!
Yea! Can’t wait to try this!
This looks great! I love this recipe http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1637,149190-229195,00.html for Chocolate Eclair Pie, and this will work great! If only I could come up with a good substitute for the Cool Whip…
I’ve tried this with ‘regular’ white sugar with varying results. Will have to try this with Sucanat! Thanks again.
I don’t use powdered sugar much but I like the idea of a healthier option anyway.
I am so glad you posted this. My kids love cinnamon toast for breakfast. I couldn’t figure out how to make it with the sucanat so that it would fit throught the screan of my Pampered Chef shaker. This worked great!
That is a great idea. I don’t use powdered sugar very often except when I want to make icing. What a healthy alternative.
Great tip! I love to find new ways to use sucanat but I never thought about blending into powdered sugar! I cringe at the thought of giving my family regular powdered sugar and organic is hard to find in my small town. If I do find any it’s usually out of my price range. Will be trying this as soon as I restock on the sucanat, used the rest last night making cookies mmmmm :-)
thanks for the great tip. I am going to try this.
Never thought about trying that!! Cool idea.
Very cool! Now I just need to get back to the amish store that sells cheap organic sucanat!
I’m not sure why I never understood that sucanat is brown.
I don’t know why but I have always been afraid of sucanat. I never even knew what it looked like. Can it be used just like sugar, like to sweeten my tea?
I’m so excited about this parade, it’s opening up a whole new world to me!
nice one!
I’m thinking this would make some great icing for cinnamon rolls. We’re planning on making a big batch when we stay with my parents over Thanksgiving break.
sweet! I knew that you could do this with regular processed sugar, but I had not thought of trying it with unprocessed!
Never thought it would be that easy! How neat!
I think I have a recipe for no-bake cookies that calls for powdered sugar. That would work!
Also, my kids like powdered sugar on crepes.
I did not know this was possible…thank you for sharing!!! So many possibilities….!
I love eclair pie, I would try homemade whip topping. Whipping cream and sugar.
I love the puppy chow. this would be good to try. I have not tried sucanat because i have stock in regular organic sugar. maybe when that runs out.
This is such a great idea! I wonder how frosting made with it would taste? Or homemade marshmallows? I think that my marshmallow recipe calls for powdered sugar. I can’t remember.
I’ve been doing this for a while. Just an FYI: our family thinks the powdered sugar is REALLY sweet when used in recipes. Guess that’s b/c they’re getting nothing but sugar in their powdered sugar, huh? :)
Too cool–now I just have to take the plunge and buy some. How I wish Azure delivered here!
great tip! Thanks!
Oh my goodness! Duh! Sometimes you just need someone else to show you the obvious, huh? Thanks! As others have said, I don’t really use powdered sugar much anymore, but it’s nice to have the option!
Laura, How do you afford sucanat? It is so expensive where I’ve looked for it.
W-O-W! I’ve never thought of making powdered sugar before! I agree with Jessie– DUH! :)
I was just wondering about how to replace traditional powdered sugar last night. Thanks!
This is a life saver!
I’ve been wondering if there was a healthier alternative to icing sugar. Thanks.
Yes, Sarah! It works as a substitute for sugar. I do find, however, that it is not quite a s sweet as regular sugar in my coffee! It really has a nice, deep flavor.
Best tip of the year! I don’t use much powdered sugar, but the organic version is pricey and clumpy. Thanks!
I commented on this under the giveaway on accident. I think this is a great idea and as not to put too many comments, I’d say I would like the muffin pan for the giveaway, if i won!
Mmmm, how ’bout some good ol’ cream cheese frosting…yum.
Great idea! Why didn’t I think of it?
Merrilee,
Laura’s granola bars taste exactly like no-bake cookies.
Carol
I’ve never purchased sucanat. Does it affect the flavor much?
I can imagine that icings wouldn’t be as “white” as using regular powdered sugar, but I could live with that. I’d love to try it with the Norwegian wedding cakes that I make – as the powdered sugar is the one unhealthy ingredient in the whole thing.
I actually do this every time I use Sucanat. I have found that it doesn’t dissolve very well so I blend it in my Bullet blender. Now all my baked goods come out with no bits in it! :)
I had no idea! I avoid any recipe calling for powdered sugar because I won’t buy it. I can’t wait to try this!
Just FYI, powdered sugar contains a little cornstarch to help keep it from caking. You might want to consider adding 1 tsp corn starch (or arrowroot powder) to each cup of powdered sucanat. It may help recipes to react the same way with this substitution.
Thanks for this awesome tip!
This is great. I have made my own with evaporated cane juice but sucanat would be even better. I think I will have to try this with my marshmellow recipe that I am going to try to make with sucanat. I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks
I’ve heard of this, but haven’t tried it yet. Thanks for the reminder.
I just made frosting with regular powdered sugar and was wondering if there were “healthy” ones out there for frosting, now I know, Thanks,
What is the difference between evaporated cane juice and sucanant?
Cinnamon roll icing! I use butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Mmmmm…. warm cinnamon rolls….
I am glad to see this…have hard about doing it, but never have and wondered how it would turn out. Thanks for sharing and thanks for your blog – it is very helpful!
Also, love the new look – nice, clean, and peaceful looking!
I was looking through my recipes the other day and I was wondereing if there was a healthier alternitive to the powdered sugar ive been using. Now I know, thank you!
I really need to buy some sucanat and start using it!!
I need to stop being cheap and try sucanat!
Would this work with raw sugar? It’s not as dark as sucanat… maybe I should try some. I don’t use powdered sugar much any more, now that I’m not baking cakes much. My two-year old and I were playing with Play Doh today and the sets we had were birthday cakes and cupcakes. I need to find a healthy cupcake recipe or just try and substitute. Actually, I did that with an extremely decadent chocolate cake recipe from an aunt of mine, put in some whole wheat flour with white. I served it to my in-laws telling them this was the “best” chocolate cake recipe ever! Surprise! Not the greatest…
I have yet to find sucanat around here. I keep watching for Azure to start delivering here, but not yet.
Organic sugar is one thing my family has yet to change to… I’m intrigued and really want to… Is all organic sugar the same?
Again, you continue to amaze me with your willingness to just try something new. What is a good price on sucanat?
I love sucanat and I love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
I only use demerara sugar, because it’s less expensive than sucanat, so I tried making powdered sugar from it, and it worked!!! I’m so happy to be able to make this from sugar I have, instead of having to run to the store when we’re out of powdered sugar.
Thanks for the tip!
Now I can top my homemade cinnamon rolls with homemade powdered sugar!!
I just bought some sucanat from Breadbeckers so I will have to try this the next time I need frosting.
Whoa! This is revolutionary! I usually just avoid recipes with powdered sugar. No more!
Thank you, Laura! I never knew what succanat looked like. Do you use succanat in your lighter baked goods as well? or would it turn the baked goods darker? Like say a white cake?
I don’t know if this is a good price, but I get mine for $1.89/lb.
at my local co-op. I noticed the pre-packaged sucanat is way
more expensive so I assume I’m getting a decent price by buying it in
the bulk section, though I only buy a few pounds at a time.
Ooh, can’t wait to try this! Looks like we have the same blenders, too. :)
Another great idea to try. Thank you.
Wow, thanks for posting this! I thought powdered sugar was some mysterious space age concoction, lol. I make plain butter frosting with just powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla. Now we can make it with more pure ingredients for their birthdays. We’ll have to try your chocolate frosting soon.
Thanks!
I have been wondering how to make healthier powdered sugar. Thank you for this!!!
I can’t wait to try this – thank you for sharing this
Oh, God bless you!!!!! I thought I’d never be able to use powdered sugar again since all the stuff in stores has genetically modified cornstarch in it. Thank you soooooooooooo much!!!!!
Brilliant! Can’t wait to try it. I just made 4x the recipe for buttercream frosting for my daughter’s pink castle cake. Yuck! Next time I’ll give this one a try!
I especially love tips like this ’cause I always seem to run out of things like powdered sugar when I’m in the middle of a recipe. (And 10 miles from the nearest store, and I do most of my heavy cooking after the little one is in bed.) So, thanks!
I am curious if it is powdery enough to use in whip cream? I was once out of powdered sugar, so I put regular sugar in the food processor to turn it into “powdered” sugar. It did not powder it enough and our whipped cream was rather crunchy (my husband later said it was also a fire hazard as sugar is highly flammable). Maybe the blender works better than the food processor for this task?
What is the difference between sucanat and sugar in the raw?
I’ve done something similar for a while, using a coffee grinder instead of a blender. Works great!
Probably depends on the area you live. I used to think $2/lb was a good price, and now I get it for $1.35
Here’s a post that explains the answer to your question: https://heavenlyhomemakers.com/the-most-nutritious-sweeteners
Yes, this would definitely work with whipped cream!
I just bought my very first bag of sucanat yesterday thanks to you! : )
Can I make this with cane sugar? I did not find sucanat at Whole Foods so I bought organic cane sugar.
Wow, I’m surprised you couldn’t find sucanat at Whole Foods? Did they have rapadura? It’s the same thing – sometimes I forget to mention it.
I would imagine you can make this with cane sugar but I have never tried.
Is there any allergen information on the label for the sucanat?
Linda
Azure doesn’t have my location as a delivery spot either, but we are en route to another location that is, and they stop here for us so long as between the families who order we have a certain dollar amount. Might be worth checking on if you live near a routed delivery place, maybe you could meet up?
I finally bought a small package at the health food store to try it out. If we like it I’ll hunt down some sucanat for a lower price.
Whole Foods might have Sucanat in their Bulk Bins. I got some at my local Whole Foods (Novato, CA). I forget how much I paid, but it wasn’t more than $2 a pound. Thanks for the recipe!
I got a really good deal on Sucanat through Azure Standard. I think it was a 50lb bag, so I split it with friends.
It does make baked goods a little lighter, but so does whole wheat flour. If you were looking to make a perfectly white wedding cake, you might want to use the processed stuff. But, for everyday home baking, succanat and whole wheat flour allow you to make much more wholesome and very filling treats for your family.
I meant to say “darker” not “lighter.”
I buy mine from an Amish bulk foods store for an affordable price ($2.37/lb) Of course it’s way more expensive than white sugar, but I really don’t do a whole lot of baking so it lasts for quite a while. We use it on our hot oatmeal instead of brown sugar also.
Hi Angela,
Just wanted you to be aware that you will probably want to know ahead of time that you will need to get used to the taste. If you are used to white sugar, there is a taste difference. There are some foods that just don’t do well with Sucanat’s taste – ruhbarb (sp?) for one. Also, speaking of ruhbarb, one packet of powdered Stevia does a nice, healthy job of sweetening ruhbarb for cobbler or pie or crisp. Then I usually just use the small amount of sucanat for the cobbler part. Enjoy your Sucanat.
Purchase it in bulk at Vitamin Cottage Natural Groceries. That will help with the cost a little.
Hi Jaclyn,
Organic just means that the sugar cane fields should not be gmo and that there aren’t any pesticides or nasty things sprayed on the plants as they grow. Sucanat comes in organic and otherwise. SUgarCAneNATural is what Sucanat stands for. It still has the minerals and molasses that is bleached and stripped from sugar that is white. But remember, sugar is sugar – some more healthy because of not being processed as much – no matter whether it is organic or not.
I was wondering about the flammable thing too! Static electricity in sugar dust can cause combustion. Would the same apply to Sucunat?
I guess so, but it really doesn’t take but a couple of minutes to make the sucanat into powdered sugar so when I make it, it doesn’t even get hot.
I loved the molasses sucanat, but had to switch to the honey, because my husband was getting severe headaches from it. I get mine through our local co-op. I think I’ll try that with our honey sucanat :)
Yeah! I grew up eating german pancakes with powdered sugar and lemon on top. Now I am not afraid of them! =)
Per Person:
1/4 flour
1/4 milk
1 egg
Dash salt
I put the milk, flour and acid in the blender the night before so it soaks over night.
Next morning I put the eggs and salt in, blend it again and pour them into my preheated pans in a 400 degree oven with yummy butter melted into the pans. I just wait until they are golden brown and have beautiful peaks!
Then I top it with your lovely powdered sugar idea and fresh lemon juice. Yum!
I don’t see any on my labels. It just lists the ingredient as “dehydrated cane sugar juice” but that’s it!
if u need white powdered sugar for a recipe, u may consider using florida crystals with cornstach/potato starch or tapioca starch/ whichever your diet will allow u to consume.
all powdered sugar is anyway is refined sugar and cornstarch… also one may consider agave nectar in helping to limit how much sugar they use in sweetening pies such as rhubarb re: Angela’s post. ( i wouldn’t use only agave nectar but its sweetness should help u have to put less sugar and its low glycemic)
I can get mine for $1.27 a lb at an Amish bulk food store here in Va. It’s
almost the same price as white sugar!
I have to admit that I haven’t tried the powdered sucanat frosting, but plan to. As for grinding things in the blender, I discovered that you can make fluffy popcorn salt by grinding Real Salt, or probably any sea salt, in the blender until it is powdery & it will stick to popcorn just like regular popcorn salt & tastes better too.
Is it possible to do this with turbinado?
Yes, I believe it would, although I haven’t tried it before.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for freeing me forever from my don’t-buy-powdered-sugar-because-we-never-use-it-don’t-use-it-because-we-never-have-it deadlock. It took a while to powder 4 cups of sucanat with a coffee grinder, but the stuff was so easy to reduce to a fine powder that I wonder why no one has ever talked about doing it with white sugar. We hadn’t had a frosted cake in over a decade because I am just too lazy to make boiled icing. The frosting drought is over!
Holy cow, I wish I could find it for those prices! The only source I’ve found near me so far is over $3.50/lb!
So…….does 2 cups Sucanat = 2 cups powdered Sucanat??
I guess I’ve not measured it exactly before, but yes, I believe so.
Wow Laura, so glad this tip helped you and so many others out!!
Blessings, Theresa
I think (but am not positive) that sucanat and “gur” (available in Pakistani/
Indian stores) are the same thing except that gur comes in larger pieces and
you have to grind it yourself. If that is the case, I have seen the same
thing available in Mexican stores. (Beware, that the chunks I am referring
to can be a pain to grind. I broke a food processor once doing this. Thus,
it is best to buy the most moist chunks you can find.)
That said however, I have baked extensively with it. I have my own healthier
version of banana bread and pumpkin pie that work very well with gur.
You should really wait a few minutes before opening lid inhaling dust like that is extremely detrimental to your lungs I would never make anything like that with out a mask even if its only sugar
I guess I just think of sucanat as the healthy equivalent to brown sugar. If brown sugar won’t work in the recipe, I figure neither will sucanat most the time. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong though because I am still learning! :)
Organic powdered sugar has NON-GMO cornstarch. Trader Joe’s brand is usually the cheapest. Though Whole Foods sells it in the 360 line and there are two other brands sold in the organic/natural foods section of my local grocery store. Can’t be beat in buttercream frosting. Though, every brand of organic powdered sugar I have tried has been lumpy, so I’d suggest sifting the powdered sugar, then spooning into desired measuring cup and leveling off like you would flour, to get a more accurate measurement.
Hi Laura,
Do you ever use sucanat with honey or as they now call it honey granules? It is lighter in color and doesn’t have as strong a flavor as the regular sucanat. It is made very similar to regular sucanat. When I first started buying sucanat you had the choice of sucanat with molasses (now just regular sucanat) or sucanat with honey (now called honey granules). I use the honey granules in place of any recipe that I would use white sugar and I use sucanat in place of any recipe that calls for brown sugar. The honey granules also do a great job in the blender to make powdered sugar for icings for cinnamon rolls, etc. or when you want a lighter tasting icing. I buy mine at the Bread Beckers out of Woodstock, Georgia. They have a store or you can buy it on-line.
Laura hasn’t tried it yet.
You are hilarious! Great info, I think I put too much in the blender when I tried this once before. I will have to try just two cups!
Just saw the post about the sucanat with honey, which had occurred to me, also, as an alternative to the sucanat for a lighter color (my evap. cane juice from grocery is light, for some reason). Also wondered about mentioning Bread Beckers as a possible supplier link for your blog; they have a very instructive business with class videos available to watch online for free. Thank you for all your excellent ideas, posts, and suggestions, Laura — great sense of humor, too (somehow I stumbled on your peach milkshake….always funny in retrospect but not at the time….:-)!).