brown sugar

Caramel-colored baking sweetener

Brown sugar is sugar that retains some molasses or has molasses added back after refining, giving it a moist texture and caramel-like flavor.

Light brown sugar has less molasses than dark brown sugar.

It's common in baking, where it adds chewiness to cookies and depth to sauces.

The recipe calls for a cup of packed brown sugar.

baking

molasses

Syrup from cane processing

cakes · muffins · brownies · oatmeal cookies · banana bread · gingerbread · crumble · streusel · creaming · butter

sweetener

honey

Bees' viscous nectar product

sucrose · granulated · powdered · substitute · sweetness · alternative · natural · unrefined · glucose · fructose

caramel

toffee

Caramelized sugar confection

candy · praline · brittle · fudge · caramelization · dulce de leche · sticky · gooey · chewy · burnt

molasses

treacle

Thick sugar-refining byproduct

sticky · viscous · syrup · depth · robust · bittersweet · unrefined · raw · cane · processing

cozy

comfort food

Emotionally consoling dishes

winter · holidays · grandmother · kitchen · aroma · warmth · hearth · morning · oatmeal · cinnamon

flavor

rich

Having much of something

  • deepFar from surface
  • warmModerately heated, or friendly
  • complexHaving many interconnected parts

nutty · toasty · earthy · robust · malty · caramelized · rounded · aromatic · distinctive · subtle

Categories
Opposites
refinement level

brown sugarwhite sugar

Refined granulated sweetener

refined sugar · table sugar · caster sugar · powdered sugar · superfine sugar

flavor profile

brown sugarwhite sugar

Refined granulated sweetener

artificial sweetener · sugar substitute · stevia · saccharin · aspartame

Family

brown, sugar, sugary, brownish, browned, sugared, browning, browns, sugarcane

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G