Demerara equivalents in white and light brown sugar
I swear I posted this earlier today, but I don't see it, so here goes again: I'm making a jam later tonight that calls for demerara sugar. I don't have enough on hand and would like to avoid a run to the store. Can I use white granulated sugar or light brown sugar instead and what's the equivalent volume? A couple of sites I've looked at say there's a one-to-one equivalence for white and demerara (turbinado, which I assume is more or less the same), but demerara has larger crystals, so I question whether this is the case. Does anyone know what the equivalence is? Thanks!
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White, demerara, raw and even superfine and baker's can be substituted one for one and converted at 7 ounces per cup. I know that may seem strange, but it works out. There's more space between the larger crystals but fewer of them.
Definitely better to go by weight rather than volume for brown (7 1/2 ounces per cup). Powdered can really trip you up. Do you sift then measure or measure then sift? Or not sift at all? 4 ounces per cup is a good place to start. You can sift it right into your mixing bowl set on top of the scale.
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