Sanding sugar, with its slightly larger crystals, adds color and sparkle and a teensy bit of crunch to things you love to bake. It is essential for gingersnap cookies and for decorating sugar cookies as well as garnishing cocktail glasses.
Curious about this baking staple? Discover what makes it different other sugars and how to use it for decorating desserts.
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Sanding versus Granulated
Sanding sugar is slightly larger crystals than granulated sugar or table sugar.
Table sugar goes into cookie dough.
But, sanding sugar crystals aren't as large as coarse sugar crystals, which might go on top of your muffins or scones before you bake them.
How Can I Use This Ingredient?
In addition to making your cookies sparkle and crunch, in Gingersnaps, for example, you can use this ingredient to garnish cocktail glasses as well.
Rim a martini glass with lemon juice and a white or yellow sugar in a Lemon Drop Martini.
I also like to roll Peanut Butter Blossoms in this medium before baking.
Sugar world is vast. There's the crunchy sugar that tops muffins, Turbinado sugar, and then sprinkles, which are similar to sanding sugar but different. You might want to know where to find sprinkles.
Colored Sanding Sugar
You can buy sugar in all manner of hues, from traditional red, green and white for the holidays to orange and black for Halloween.
If you can't find the color you want, making your own is simple. You can add a few drops of gel food coloring and sanding sugar in a resealable bag to customize your own.
There's also green to adorn your Shamrock cookies for St. Patrick's Day.
Substitutes
- Granulated sugar
- Crystal or Sparkle Sugar
- Pearl Sugar
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