Substituting Date Sugar with Brown Sugar

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Date Sugar substituted with Brown Sugar

You will need:

0.7cupBrown Sugar
Substitution ratio: 1 cup Date Sugar = 0.7 cup Brown Sugar

Effects on Your Baking

Date sugar has a deep, fruity-caramel complexity that brown sugar can approximate but not fully replicate. Brown sugar's molasses notes are in the right ballpark, and at 2/3 the amount (date sugar is less sweet than brown sugar), the sweetness level will be similar.

Best Uses

Cookies
Muffins
Quick Breads

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Nutrition Facts

For Substitution Ingredients
Serving size
148g
Calories 561
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g
0%
Total Carbohydrates 144.6g
48%
Dietary Fiber 0g
0%
Total Sugars 143.0g
286%
Protein 0.2g
0%
Sodium 41.3mg
2%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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