Natural Decorating Sugar

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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Source: EatingWell Magazine, November/December 2013

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Recipe Summary

total:
1 hr 35 mins
Servings:
63

Nutrition Profile:

Nutrition Info
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Ingredients

Directions

  • Place sugar in a small bowl. Stir in juice concentrate (or dye) until evenly blended. Adjust color with more additions as desired.

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  • Spread the colored sugar in a thin layer on a small parchment-lined baking sheet. Turn on the oven to 350 degrees 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.

Tips

Make Ahead Tip: Refrigerate colored sugar airtight for up to 1 year.

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

Find a rainbow of natural liquid dyes plus a rainbow of already-dyed decorating sugars at chocolatecraftkits.com.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size:
1 teaspoon
Per Serving:
7 calories; carbohydrates 1.6g; sugars 1.6g; vitamin a iu 0.2IU; vitamin c 0.3mg; calcium 0.2mg; magnesium 0.1mg; potassium 0.7mg; sodium 0.1mg; added sugar 2g.
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