Questions about sugar or substitutions for it for culinary purposes.
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Can I make caramel sauce with crystalline fructose?
I'd like to make a caramel sauce with crystalline fructose as my mom's diabetic and can't have sugar.
I know (in theory) that fructose caramelizes at a lower temp than regular sugar, but I'm not ...
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What is added sugar, and why is it not healthy in food? [closed]
What is added sugar, and why is it not healthy in food? How much sugar does a person need in a day?
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What’s the minimum sugar to egg white ratio in Swiss buttercream?
A Swiss meringue buttercream is a buttercream based on a sugar and egg white mix that is first heated and then whipped. The average recipes I could find use roughly one part egg white to two parts of ...
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Chemistry of maple butter
I've recently tried to make maple butter with the following recipe:
Heat maple syrup to about 110 - 115°C
Cool to about 20°C (by putting the pot in an ice/water bath)
Stir manually for 20-30mins
I ...
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I love palm sugar, when can I bake with it
I am a huge fan of Palm sugar and have taken to substituting a bit of it into some of my baking recipes. However I have been hesitant to involve it too much in certain steps of the baking process like ...
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Can I replace sugar with honey in baking? [duplicate]
Can I substitute honey for sugar in baked goods.If yes then how much honey would be equal to one cup of sugar?
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Proper way to calculate the amount of sugar in a drink
I have recently read an article (in Spanish) about a sugary drink (water-based) with stated the following facts:
Ingredients of the drink: natural mineral water, organic cane sugar, lemon juice made ...
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Why does adding sugar/salt causes water to release?
This is purely practical observation.
If I add pinch of sugar or salt, somehow automagically water appears in the pot. For example I had a week old cauliflower somewhat wilted/dried in fridge cooing ...
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Caramel fudge pieces into sauce?
I'm wondering if there is a way to turn store-bought caramel fudge pieces into a caramel sauce? Would that be possible?
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When a recipe calls for brown sugar, could I use white sugar instead? [duplicate]
I don't really use brown sugar that often and I would like to know, if I am baking a recipe that calls for a cup of brown sugar, could I use white sugar instead? If not, why? Do they not "bake" the ...
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Replace icing sugar
Can I replace icing sugar with corn syrup when I make the sponge cake? I don't have icing sugar and blender t blend sugar. So can I use what to replace icing sugar?
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Substitute for Palm Sugar
What is typically the best substitute for palm sugar? I've been getting away with brown sugar or molasses if I really have no time to get the actually stuff.
Honey, granulated sugar, maple syrup are ...
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Why do French macarons need two types of sugar?
In most instructions for French macarons, you mix dry ingredients in one bowl and wet ingredients in another. Then you fold them together.
Dry
Almond flour
Powdered sugar
Wet
Egg whites
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Super-saturated sugar solution gone wrong
An interesting recipe here provides this as a recipe for making a geode-looking sugar crystal. The finished product looks really great and is basically this:
3 cups sugar
1 cup water
food coloring
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When can I entirely replace sugar with artificial sweeteners?
Suppose I have a recipe calling for more sugar than I'd prefer to eat, for whatever reason, and I'd like to just use an artificial sweetener?
When can I just replace the sugar with an appropriate ...
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Is Ciao Bella's “Rosemary and Olive Oil Gelato” savory?
I am about to make ice cream (for dessert) from The Ciao Bella book for Gelato and Sorbetto and was thinking about trying the Rosemary and Olive Oil Gelato. It says something about being savory, but ...
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Do dried dates have a different glycemic index?
I wonder if dried dates have a different glycemic index. I read someone saying that dried dates have a different GI index and should be avoided. And the same person wrote that most dried dates are ...
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Can I use icing sugar instead of caster sugar? Are they the same thing?
So there is a cupcake recipe I wanna make and it's my first time making it also one of my first time making any dessert like this. I got some icing sugar but the recipe asked for caster sugar. Are ...
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Make Super Fine Sugar
I am looking into creating some super fine sugar (finer than confectioners sugar) for icing. This is more for experimentation than anything, I am more interested to see how this impacts the ...
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Possible to get Sugar Syrup and Coconut Oil to solidify together (Emulsifier needed?)
I'm trying to make a 'magic-shell' like topping from burnt sugar syrup by mixing burnt sugar syrup (sugar + corn syrup heated until dark copper color, cooked with water until smooth) with coconut oil. ...
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What is the difference between rock sugar and raw sugar?
What's the difference between rock sugar & raw sugar? I'm looking for the general difference as well as calories, usage, and taste.
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How to address this burnt sugar conundrum
Some Caribbean recipes, such as this Jamaican oxtail stew, ask for browning sauce, which is essentially burnt sugar:
Heat a large Dutch oven or a heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Add brown sugar ...
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Correlation between perceived sweetness and sugar content
A couple of months ago I started to take note that the perceived sweetness of foods isn't always correlated with its sugar content. One stark example was yogurt, where yogurts that tasted mostly plain ...
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What are some ways to make caramel thin? [duplicate]
I'm kind of starting off with the culinary world and one of the dishes i'll be making soon is French toast with caramelized strawberries.
However i'd like to know how to make caramel thin, because i'...
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What is the difference between toffee and caramel?
I always wondered and hope someone here can clear it up for me.
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Italian Meringue Help - Sticking to Mixer
I am trying to make Italian Meringue and I using a candy thermometer and following a recipe very closely. However, whenever I pour my sugar into my egg whites the sugar instantly sticks to the side of ...
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Converting sugars with yeast
What percentage of sugar gets converted into CO2 with yeast fermentation in any baked item?
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Is it possible to replace the sugar in Tapioca Meringue pudding with stevia?
I'd like to know if powdered stevia can be used to make the meringue in the pudding. I'm trying to get away from sugar, but not sure how to use stevia. I've seen a recipe for stevia in the pudding, ...
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Sugar and Salt Solutions
When making bread dough, can sugar and salt solutions be used or should the sugar and salt be added dry?
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Why is a Gruyère sweet when it contains 0 carbohydrates?
I have read on packaging that a Gruyère appears to be around 0 g, maybe 0.4 g carbohydrates per 100g. How come it tastes sweet?
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how much sugar is required to be added to fruit for jam making
when making jam are you able to reduce the amount of added sugar, or is the amount of sugar stated on the recipe necessary for the jam to have a reasonable shelf life.?
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Why add baking powder when creaming sugar and butter?
A friend recently provided me with a family recipe for cookies which instructed me to cream together sugar and butter - so far so good. However, the thing that took me back was that the recipe called ...
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what to mix with milk other than sugar to give good taste [closed]
I want to drink milk without adding any sugar [ for Diet ]
is there any alternative for sugar to mix with milk which give good taste ?
I dont want honey [ more calorie ] , stevia , cocoa butter [...
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What results can I expect from egg and sugar variations in spritz cookies?
Some Spritz cookie recipes call for powdered sugar vs granulated sugar, and some recipes use egg yolk only vs whole egg. Without trying every recipe, what differences might result from these ...
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British equivalent for Cane sugar
I have an American recipe that calls for Cane Sugar, is this the same as Demerara or is it Light or Dark brown sugar?
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Substituting sugar with a liquid stevia concentrate in a cake
I have a cake recipe that consists of a dry part, a liquid oil part and eggs. Around half of the dry part consists of sugar. I would like to replace that sugar with liquid stevia concentrate at a very ...
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Is heating rate important with sugar syrups?
I make hot fudge syrup ; heat chocolate , sugar , butter, etc, to 240 F ,then put in half and half . I end up with a spoon-able viscosity at room temperature but warming to 100 F makes it pour-able. ...
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I always burn my fudge. Why?
I'm trying to learn how to make fudge. Usually, I have no problems following recipes, but this one seems to be particularly difficult:
1 can of condensed milk (397 g)
115 grams of butter
450 grams of ...
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What do I search for when looking for unsweetened recipes?
This has frustrated me immensely. I want to find recipes for things like savory granola that contain neither added sugar nor any kind of sweetener like rice syrup. However, recipes on the internet ...
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Butterscotch Sauce consistency
I keep getting quite a mixed bag when it comes to butterscotch sauce; sometimes it's runny, sometimes it's thick (as I want it). Other times it gets lumps in it, or simply clumps to the side of the ...
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How to preserve herbal syrup or herbs that will be used to make syrup?
I want to preserve my windowsill herbs before the plants die back, and my idea is to make herbal syrups for lemonades or cocktails. (Possibly even meat sauces.) The method I'll use is a cold, dry ...
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Oat starch to sugar conversion in oat milk
I noticed recently that some commercial oat milks do not have added sweetener but rather say that their sugar content comes from oat starch which was converted to sugar. Is there some reasonably ...
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Correct term for marinating+degorging/macerating at the same time?
Sometimes it makes sense to marinate fruit or vegetables with water-extracting ingredients (sugar,salt,alcohol...) and flavorings (spices or extracts) at the same time, and later use fruit and liquid ...
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canning a mustard vinegar sauce
I canned a mustard vinegar sauce that contains granulated sugar and brown sugar plus ketchup. I washed the jars in my dishwasher and cleaned the lids in water and vinegar. Do I need to do anything ...
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Sugar/Citric Acid Coating giving Gummy Bears a Wet Look
So I'm able to make my gummy bear recipe just fine. Its just a simple mix of the following:
1/2 Cup water
1/4 Corn Syrup
1 6oz package of Jell-O Brand gelatin
2 packages of gelatin (Out of the four ...
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Can I use Granulated sugar instead of White sugar?
I'm making a dark chocolate cake, it calls for white sugar but I have an unopened bag of granulated suagr at home. Can I use that instead to save some money or will I have to buy white sugar?
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Impact of different sugar types (and substitutes) on ice cream
I am really interested in theoretical fundamentals of ice cream making. Everyone who is a little sophisticated whith homemade ice cream knows, that the are certain ingredients and ratios that have to ...
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Will terrible things happen if I replace part or all of the refined sugar in this recipe with malt extract?
Behold the recipe: https://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/giant-mars-bar-recipe-milky-way-bar/
I'm planning to make a cake based on the Zero Candy Bar for father's day, because it's my dad's ...
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Forgot to add sugar to the dough how can we fix it?
I have a dough rising which I realized was made without sugar. I used pineapple juice so I assume there was some sugar in there but this was supposed to be a sweet bread.
Can we do something during ...
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Non-sweet sugar replacement for French macaron
I've been working pretty hard on my macaron game lately and have wanted to make a savory biscuit/shell, however I can't think of what I may be able to replace powdered and granulated sugar with, or if ...
