Brown sugar, light
About the ingredient brown sugar, light. Including 519 recipes with brown sugar, light, nutrition data, where it's found, and video.
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What is brown sugar, light?
Brown sugar is often made by adding cane molasses to completely refined white sugar crystals in order to more carefully control the ratio of molasses to sugar crystals and to reduce manufacturing costs.
Brown sugar has a slightly lower caloric value by weight than white sugar due to the presence of water. One hundred grams of brown sugar contains 373 calories, as opposed to 396 calories in white sugar.
However, brown sugar packs more densely than white sugar due to the smaller crystal size and may have more calories when measured by volume. One tablespoon of brown sugar has 48 calories against 45 calories for white sugar.
When a recipe calls for "brown sugar" it is usually referring to light brown sugar; dark brown sugar should be used only when specified.
This is relevant primarily when baking recipes sensitive to moisture and density (such as cakes), because of the difference in moisture content between the two types. In other applications, substituting dark brown sugar over light brown will yield a deeper flavor with more caramel, much like adding molasses would do.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup, packed packed (220g)Where found
Brown sugar, light is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Brown sugar, light is a member of the Sweets US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does brown sugar, light weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup, packed packed | 220 grams |
| 1 cup, unpacked unpacked | 145 grams |
| 1 tsp brownulated | 3 grams |
| 1 tsp packed packed | 4 grams |
| 1 tsp unpacked unpacked | 3 grams |
Related
Sweets
| In Chinese: | 红糖，光 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | le sucre brun clair | |
| en español: | azúcar marrón claro |
Recipes using brown sugar, light
There are 519 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Oreo Cookie & Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
Store-bought chocolate ice cream mixed with toasted walnuts and dried cherries, with homemade oreo cookies make these addictively delicious ice cream sandwiches that will for sure please your sweetest tooth :)
One Bowl Chocolate Cake
This easy-to-make chocolate cake is dark, moist, rich—and only dirties one bowl! Simple “from scratch” recipe gives you a home-baked cake with healthful canola oil and whole-wheat flour.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips and orange flavor. Makes 24-36 cookies, depending on how big you make each one. 1 cookie per serving.
Double-Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Sandwich Cookies
Double-Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Sandwich Cookies recipe
Kitchen Sink Cookies
Everything but the kitchen sink is here in this recipe that makes scrumptious cookies everyone will love.
Snow Day Choco Chip Waffles
Improvisation on a basic waffle recipe Only 2 min to cook and 10 minutes for a whole plate of waffles.
