DIY co2 caramel brown sugar
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I've never heard of caramel brown sugar, I understood that brown sugar was sugar with molasses still in it. :shrug:
Anyway, if it does matter, you could always get some molasses and mix it with white sugar, more effort and roundabout, but same stuff. :smile:
Anyway, if it does matter, you could always get some molasses and mix it with white sugar, more effort and roundabout, but same stuff. :smile:
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Here is the link: http://www.in.all.biz/g21133/ its called demerara sugar
Ah! That's caramelized sugar. That basically means it's been cooked some. It's not so much brown sugar as it is browned sugar, you know, like the browned ground beef that some folks put in dishes such as chili?
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I don't think there'd be any point mixing lightly cooked white sugar (demerara) with uncooked white sugar.
If you want to approximate brown sugar you'll need to add molasses to white sugar.
white sugar + molasses = brown sugar
white sugar + heat = demerara sugar (which happens to be brown in color)
I've never done DIY yeast, but if you're trying to follow a recipe that calls for brown sugar and can't find it, you could follow these instructions to make it out of white sugar and molasses.
Cooking (or caramelizing) white sugar will make sugar brown in color, but it won't make brown sugar. To do that you need molasses, not heat.
If you want to approximate brown sugar you'll need to add molasses to white sugar.
white sugar + molasses = brown sugar
white sugar + heat = demerara sugar (which happens to be brown in color)
I've never done DIY yeast, but if you're trying to follow a recipe that calls for brown sugar and can't find it, you could follow these instructions to make it out of white sugar and molasses.
Cooking (or caramelizing) white sugar will make sugar brown in color, but it won't make brown sugar. To do that you need molasses, not heat.
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The same stuff is sold in the US under the name Sugar in the Raw, if I'm not mistaken. It's just sugar, it will work fine. Are you trying a recipe that calls for brown sugar specifically?
Most people here use white sugar, baker's yeast, and a bit of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) as a buffer. If that is the type of recipe you're trying to do, just use whichever is cheaper, white sugar or demerara sugar, the yeast will process it in much the same way and without much (any?) additional waste.
ETA: Apparently demerara and turbinado (the Sugar in the Raw that I mentioned) are only very slightly different, taken out of refinement at slightly different points so that they crystallize differently. As long as you get the large grains fully dissolved it shouldn't matter which type you use.
Most people here use white sugar, baker's yeast, and a bit of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) as a buffer. If that is the type of recipe you're trying to do, just use whichever is cheaper, white sugar or demerara sugar, the yeast will process it in much the same way and without much (any?) additional waste.
ETA: Apparently demerara and turbinado (the Sugar in the Raw that I mentioned) are only very slightly different, taken out of refinement at slightly different points so that they crystallize differently. As long as you get the large grains fully dissolved it shouldn't matter which type you use.
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ok thanks guys. in wiki its written that demerara sugar is sugar thats not refined so i guess ti should work lets see. my white sugar diy is on since 2 days but nothing has yet come out. waiting for 1 more day then will try with this.
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I guess bad yeast or a leak, not the sugar. There is no point in using more expensive sugars.
Check for leaks. Also, hydrating the yeast when the water is too hot is a common problem. It kills the yeast.
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