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A group of sugars produced from sugar cane and categorized by the amount of refining that has occurred to process and purify the sugar.

A utensil or process to keep Brown Sugar from hardening. Brown Sugar easily becomes lumpy as the moisture is removed from the sugar and it dries.

An unrefined sugar or raw sugar made from the juice of sugar cane. Dark brown in color, Barbados sugar is fine-grained and soft-textured similar to brown sugar, providing a distinctively strong flavor when added to foods.

One of the darkest of the raw dark brown sugars that is produced during the third crystallization of the cane syrup, muscovado sugar has a fine-grained texture with natural molasses to provide a strong flavor and consistency similar to refined brown sugar.

A meat topping that is spread over a Ham prior to baking in order to enhance the flavor of the meat after it has finished baking and to help keep the Ham moist and tender in texture.

An old-fashioned tan-colored confection made with brown sugar, milk, butter, and vanilla. The ingredients are cooked in a saucepan and are stirred constantly until heated to the soft ball stage.

Sugar that has been flavored by dried vanilla beans. It is made by placing a pound of sugar and two vanilla beans in an airtight container for approximately a week, shaking the jar slightly once a day to distribute flavor throughout the sugar.

A sweetener that is most often made from processed sugar cane and sugar beets. Also referred to by its chemical name, sucrose, sugar is produced in many different forms such as granulated or white sugar, which have been highly refined and are most commonly used as a table sweetner or as a baking ingredient.

Turbinado sugar, which is refined slightly more than demerara sugar, is a raw sugar cleaned by a steam process that removes contaminants in order to make it an edible product.

A coarse, unprocessed sugar, which is generally brown in color, sticky textured and crumbly in consistency.

A granulated sugar produced into very fine textured grains of sugar. Often referred to as "castor" sugar in Britain, this sweetener is an unrefined sugar made from unrefined sugar cane.

A root vegetable that is grown commercially to be processed into sugar and sugar products. The Sugar Beet was developed from the Sea Beet and is a member of the beetroot and chard family of root vegetables.

A finely pulverized sugar that dissolves quickly without using heat. It is used dry to provide a thin white coating for decoration on baked goods or it is mixed with other ingredients, such as milk, butter and flavoring, to create a frostings, icings, and glazes for cakes, cookies and pasteries.

A sweet, crumbly topping used on breads, cakes, muffins, sweetbreads, coffeecakes, and some pastry items.

A term most often applied to the process of melting sugar, either as a basic substance or to melt it when it is contained within a food.

A type of flavoring made from brown sugar and butter, which is used in many types of desserts, candies, cookies, toppings or frostings, sauces, beverages.

1. A dessert with a crumb topping made from flour, oats, butter, and brown sugar combined into a mixture that is sprinkled over sliced fruit and baked.

1. A soft, creamy mixture of ingredients that may include eggs, black molasses, brown sugar, citron, sour cream, raisins, apples, figs, suet, flour, and other ingredients that are combined and steamed to create a pudding served traditionally in the southern United States.

A form of granulated sugar that has been ground to extra-fine granules. Superfine sugar dissolves quickly in cold liquids and works well for baking, sweetening beverages, and especially in making meringues.

A paste that is made up of a mixture of ground chiles, salt and brown sugar. It is generally served with rice and curried dishes and is used as a condiment or a side dish.