brown sugar

noun

Definition of brown sugar

: soft sugar whose crystals are covered by a film of refined dark syrup

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For dessert, the chefs-in-training prepared brown sugar blackberry upside down baby cakes with cardamom gelato. La Cañada Valley Sun, "The Valley Line: Aspiring chefs given taste of success with Hillsides dinner," 3 Sep. 2019 Mon Chéri is made with Balenton and Montmorency cherries, then brewed with oats, granola and a bit of brown sugar. Chris Morris, Fortune, "Goose Island Will Release 8 Bourbon County Variants This Year—and a Collection," 14 Aug. 2019 Jurassic Pork Makes 6 servings 18 strips of bacon 1 cup brown sugar1 1/2 tablespoons Spanish paprika 1 pinch of cayenne pepper Preheat oven at 350 degrees. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Decadent French toast recipes from Breakfast Republic’s chef," 13 Aug. 2019 The bulgogi asada is made of tender, thinly sliced rib-eye, with a semi-tropical sweetness from a marinade of brown sugar, soy and fruit. Hadley Tomicki, latimes.com, "A new take on Korean tacos to obsess over at Seoul on Sixth in Westlake," 6 June 2019 The creamy sauce is simply a mixture of mild miso, toasted sesame oil, lightly brown sugar, grated garlic, and neutral oil. Jesse Sparks, Bon Appétit, "I'm Defffinitely Not Chill, But These Cold Miso Noodles Are," 23 Aug. 2019 Extra pie trimmings, or leftover biscuit dough, might do double duty as a cobbler top, while a nub of butter with some brown sugar and oats made a quick crisp topping. Marcy Goldman, Twin Cities, "With less sugar, these cobblers, crisps and crumbles let their fruit flavors shine brighter," 15 Aug. 2019 Extra pie trimmings, or leftover biscuit dough, might do double duty as a cobbler top, while a nub of butter with some brown sugar and oats made a quick crisp topping. Marcy Goldman, Washington Post, "With less sugar, these cobblers, crisps and crumbles let their fruit flavors shine brighter," 6 Aug. 2019 For example, the ratio of white to brown sugar dictates the difference between a crispy or chewy cookie, a distinction emphasized by fiddling around with sugar’s critical 356°F caramelization temperature. Mika Mckinnon, Quartz, "Astronauts will bake cookies in space to see how they cook in zero gravity," 1 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of brown sugar

1670, in the meaning defined above

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brown sugar

noun

English Language Learners Definition of brown sugar

: a type of sugar that is brown because it contains a dark syrup (called molasses)

brown sugar

noun

Kids Definition of brown sugar

: sugar that contains molasses