Date Sugar – taking natural sweetness to a whole other level
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Ingredients
- 1lb fresh, cleaned pitted medjool dates
- 1-2 teaspoon corn starch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
- Lay the dates on the pan ensuring they do not overlap.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the dates are hard as a rock.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Using a very, VERY powerful food processor or spice/coffee grinder (make sure it’s a grinder that’s only used for foods), add a handful of the dates to the grinder and process until a powder forms.
- Add in a pinch or two corn starch to each batch and process for a few seconds. This will help the sugar to not clump.
- Continue with the rest of the dates.
- Store the sugar in an air tight container.
Notes
In baking I substitute date sugar as such:
1 cup of brown sugar = 1/2 cup date sugar
1 cup white sugar – 2/3 cup date sugar