Granulated brown sugar
I'm using it because it's mess-free. But I'm concerned about equivalent measurement with plain brown sugar. Any thoughts or experience?
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I'm using it because it's mess-free. But I'm concerned about equivalent measurement with plain brown sugar. Any thoughts or experience?
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I keep a similar product, C&H "Washed Raw" sugar, in my sugar bowl for sprinkling on cereal and whatnot because I like the flavor and the crunch. It makes an excellent topping for baked goods and makes a superb base for spiced syrup for rum drinks.
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Water measurement is off by 2% or 1 teaspoon per cup -- can't get much closer without a laboratory grade graduated cylinder.
I'd be really curious how you measured your cup of sugar, the scoop and sweep method with a dry-measure cup or some other procedure?
You could check the volume of the measure by weighing one cup of water which should weigh 236.6 gr.
A cup of white granulated sugar should weigh in at 7 ounces so something seems a little awry.
Have you checked your scale lately? Switch to grams and measure out exactly 500 ml of water (remember to measure to the bottom of the meniscus).
I'm only making BBQ sauce so it isn't critical, but I was hoping to use this as a staple, along with some molasses, and send my little ceramic bear out to stud.
What Rachel said. Plus inequities in molasses content.
A cup of raw sugar weighs approximately 7.25 oz. When I'm converting recipes from volumetric measurements to weights, I assume a cup of brown sugar weighs 7.5 oz. So, going by cups, you're probably safe making the substitution.
However, there's a better method -- use a scale. Simply convert any mention of brown sugar from cups to ounces and avoid the mess that weigh.