Sugar Recipes

The American Heart Association recommends the following for daily sugar intake: 9 Tsp (Men), 5 Tsp (Women), 3 Tsp (Children)
The average american consumes over 20 teaspoons of sugar per day
Most sweeteners including sugar and fruit extracts, cane juices, honey, syrup, etc. have a fructose/glucose ratio of approximately 50/50
Fructose is found in sugar and most sweeteners and is unhealthy because it goes straight to the liver causing diabetes and heart disease
Sugar is sometimes referred to as "evaporated cane juice"
Many people choose sugar over high fructose corn syrup because sugar is not as highly processed
Consumption of sugar increases insulin levels, increases energy, but then leads to a drop in both and likely a craving for more food
Sugar is a carbohydrate with about 9 calories per sugar cube
About 40% of the world's sugar production comes from Brazil
The fully mature sugar cane stem can grow as tall as five meters
Sugar cane and sugar beet are the most common sources of refined sugar
Sugar is sucrose which can is found naturally in many plants
Christopher Columbus is credited with bringing sugar to the Americas
The process of creating sugar through evaporation of the sugar cane juice began in India
The earliest known production of sugar dates back to 9000 BC in the southwest Pacific island of New Guinea

Sugar Cookies | 1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon milk flavoring 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups flour
Burnt Brown Sugar Pie
1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 1/4 cup milk 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 2 eggs, separated 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 baked pastry shell 2 tablespoons sugar
Sugar Candy | 2 cups sugar
2 cups sugar 1 cup water 4 Tbsps vinegar 1 Tbsp butter
Clarified Sugar
2 lbs loaf sugar 1 pint cold water 1/2 egg white
Sugar Nut Candy
3 pounds white sugar 1/2 pint water 1/2 pint vinegar 1/4 pound butter 1 pound hickory nut kernels
Boiled Frosting (that will never sugar)
1 cup sugar 1/3 cup water White of 1 egg 1/3 cup white karo syrup
Double Boiler Brown Sugar Frosting
2 1/4 cups brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking powder Few grains salt 5 tablespoons water 2 egg whites, unbeaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup chopped nuts
Brown Sugar Drop Cookies
1 pound butter 4 cups brown sugar 4 eggs 4 cups sifted flour 2/3 teaspoon baking soda 1 pound pecans, chopped
Sugar Cookies | 1 1/2 pints sugar
1 1/2 pints sugar 1 pint sour milk 1 pint butter Yolks 6 eggs 1 level teaspoon soda 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder
Plain Sugar Cookies
1 1/2 cup butter 6 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 1/2 cup milk 10 tsps baking powder 12 cups flour 1/2 nutmeg 1 tsp salt

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