Root Source Challenge #36: Brown Sugar

What makes sugar brown? Light or dark brown sugar is just refined white sugar that has been mixed with varying amounts of molasses — which darkens it and adds moisture. (Raw sugar gets its similar color and taste from processed sugarcane residue.)

Brown sugar helps chocolate chip cookies stay moist, and adds a caramel sweetness to apple pie and barbecue sauce.

Send your best brown sugar recipes to the Root Source Challenge. Our favorite will be featured in the Root Source and published on Cookthink.com. The author will receive a copy of Julie Hasson’s The Complete Book of Pies.

Submissions are due by 12pm EST, Tuesday, October 21, 2008.

Send us an email to rootsourcechallenge [AT] cookthink [DOT] com with your name, email address, blog URL and a permalink to the recipe. Please put “Root Source Challenge #36: Brown Sugar” in the subject line of your email. Good luck!

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