Brown Sugar, how come you taste so good?

Brown sugar can make any dish deliciously sweet, but where does it get it's brown color? Brown sugar is actually just sucrose sugar (table sugar) that has been mixed with molasses. The difference between light and dark brown sugar is it's molasses content, with dark having more (6.5%). However, there are more variations of brown sugar than just light and dark.

Natural brown sugar, or raw sugar is made from the 1st crystallization of sugar cane. There is a higher molasses content in these variations and they are sold under the names of turbinado, muscovado, or demerara sugar.

There are 2 reasons that (health wise) brown sugar trumps white sugar.
1. It has a richer flavor, so you'll likely end up using less overall
2. Due to the presence of water, brown sugar is slightly lower in calories

Use it in your oatmeal like me, or try a new recipe!

Sauteed brown sugar bananas
Ingredients
ripe bananas
butter
brown sugar

Directions
Melt a small amount of butter and brown sugar over medium heat (cover bottom of pan). Once melted, add bananas (ripe do better, so things don't get messy! You can put them in whole, sliced down the middle, or diced) Rotate until slightly browned. Sprinkle with brown sugar if desired. Tastes great with vanilla ice cream!

Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones

Trouble with flies? Use brown sugar to make a homemade fly trap. Spread some jelly on a piece of cardboard and then sprinkle with brown sugar. The flys will be attracted to the sugar and get stuck in the jelly. Hang from a string like real fly paper!!