Sugar! Sugar! Sugar!

So today, my husband Karey asked for brownies. Then he stipulated I don’t want them too sweet, “I want them to be more bittersweet, than sweet”. In the back of my mind I am going, “What, have you lost your mind, the sugar makes it moist!” Then I calmed down and said ok, I pulled out my recipe and looked at it, the recipe called for  a full cup of sugar, now I refuse to use fake sugar so I took ¼ cup of the sugar out and made the brownies. These are usually super moist brownies and you would think that taking out a little sugar wouldn’t affect the product, you would be wrong. They are still good and taste great but to me a little dry. My husband loves them, he says they are perfect, but what does he know he puts his brownies in a bowl full of milk!

Ok so today we are going to discuss sugar. Sugar has a lot of different jobs in a baker’s kitchen, it sweetens of course, but it makes things moist because the sugar is hydroscopic so it actually holds the water and it helps the goodies get a nice golden brown. 

What kind of questions do you have about sugar? 

Is it bad for your health, the answer is fairly simple – In all things the key is moderation! One should never make sugar a staple of their diet, but sugar breaks down in the body naturally whereas the alternatives do not. If you want less processing in your sugar, try a turbinado sugar that is what Sugar in the Raw actually is. There are palm sugars and I saw a coconut sugar in the store the other day.

If you would like the recipe for the brownies that I made today let me know and I will post it tomorrow. 

As always make life sweet and Enjoy!