toasted sugar

leah | 03.15.2020

i ran out of toasted sugar while making the chocolate chip cookies and i had nothing better to do with my time so i made more. tbh this is an excellent use of wfh time since it takes like 4 hours with minimal monitoring.

how:
the recipe is here but you should also read stella parks' full write up here.

why:

• less scary than caramel and you can use it as a direct 1:1 replacement for sugar
• it's really good in an otherwise plain buttercream to give it more character and makes chocolate chip cookies taste more special
• it's not any more acidic than regular sugar so it won't mess with your baked goods the way brown sugar would.
• the fuck else are you doing while ~socially distancing, at least this will make you feel productive