It’s Christmas Cookie Time! Hooray! Time to unpack my cookie cutters and whip up a new batch of sanding sugars. Creating your own colorful sugars is easy to do, even better, homemade sugars cost a fraction of what you pay at the grocer or specialty store.
Ingredients & Supplies:
1/4 C of sugar
Food Coloring – Gel or Liquid
Jar or Plastic Bag
Toothpick if using gel
- Cornstarch (sometimes needed if using liquid food color)
Measure out your sugar into a jar or plastic bag. Add gel with a toothpick or drip 12 -24 drops of liquid food coloring into sugar. Start small, more color can be added later. I found with the gel food coloring, mashing the colorant into the sugar through the baggie combined it quicker than shaking it in a jar. Liquid food coloring might work better with the shaking technique.
Let the sugar dry for a few hours. I spread mine on a piece of parchment paper. The flexibility of the parchment made it very easy to lift and pour the sugar into a jar. You can also use a plate or bowl. A funnel is a good tool for pouring the sugar into the jar without mess. If you used liquid food coloring, you might need a 1/4 tsp of cornstarch worked into the mix for dryness. I didn’t need any cornstarch in my sugars.
I think the finished sugars have a brighter appearance than many of the decorative sugars available in the supermarket.
Kathy, great ideas- I am going to share it with my daughter who is into baking and cooking .
What can you use colored sugar for ?
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I use it mostly on cookies and cupcake icings. Thanks! 😀
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As a decoration, you mean ?
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Yes…edible decoration…lovely and yummy!
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It’s also great if you need an odd color sugar. They can sometimes be hard to find or very expensive for just one use.
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A great use for those cute small jars!
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I absolutely love mason jars of all types and sizes. 😀
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Me too!
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They make great little jars for small gifts.
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