Natural Decorating Sugar Recipe

Natural Decorating Sugar

WebMD Recipe from EatingWell.com


This natural decorating sugar recipe replaces artificial food coloring with fruit juice or natural dyes to produce colorful sanding sugar perfect for creating beautiful cookies.

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Ingredients
Prep: 5 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes

• 1/2   cup
  clear crystal sugar, white sparkling sugar or sanding sugar (see Tips), divided
  
• 1   teaspoon
  frozen (thawed) cranberry, orange or Concord grape juice concentrate or natural liquid dye
  

Instructions

1. Place sugar in a small bowl. Stir in juice concentrate (or dye) until evenly blended. Adjust color with more additions as desired.
2. Spread the colored sugar in a thin layer on a small parchment-lined baking sheet. Turn on the oven to 350°F for 2 minutes, then immediately turn it off. (The warm oven dries the sugar, but too much heat will burn it.) Let the sugar stand in the oven for 1 1/2 hours.

 


Tip

Tips: Find clear (or white) sanding sugar (aka sparkling or coarse sugar) in well-stocked baking stores, gourmet food shops or online.

Nutritional Information

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Makes: about 1/3 cup, to garnish 4 to 5 dozen medium cookies

• Calories7
• Fat0 g
  • Saturated fat0 g
  • Mono Fat0 g
• Cholesterol0 mg
• Carbohydrates2 g
  • Dietary fiber0 g
• Protein0 g
• Sodium0 mg
• Potassium1 mg

* Nutritional Guidelines based on the USDA's MyPlate Standards.

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