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re: great British baking show - caster sugar is also hard to find in the US. (you can buy superfine but it only comes in very small bottles and is very expensiv
by baseten 7y ago
re: great British baking show - caster sugar is also hard to find in the US. (you can buy superfine but it only comes in very small bottles and is very expensive)
- zwieback 7y agoI've heard that you can make it in your food processor, takes a couple minutes. I've never tried it but Bob's Red Mill thinks it can be done.
- jfk13 7y agoOr give it a bit longer and you've got icing sugar (or powdered sugar, as I think it's called in the States). In virtually everything I've baked, though, it works fine to just use granulated. You may have to work a little harder to make sure it's truly all dissolved, that's all.
- ghaff 7y agoThe other thing you use caster/superfine sugar for is for some cocktails. Basically, it's a lot easier to dissolve in cold (or at least room temperature) liquids than regular granulated sugar is.
- zinckiwi 7y agoVery true, I make homemade lemonade by just stirring it into lemon juice and cold water. No need to go through the simple syrup route.
- zinckiwi 7y agoIcing sugar (at least as I know it in Commonwealth countries) also contains cornstarch/cornflour.
- dragonwriter 7y agoAs does US powdered/confectioners sugar.
- fencepost 7y agoC&H has superfine sugar in 4 lb packages, but they're the old cardboard milk carton style rather than the paper bag bricks used for granulated. They also have "Bakers Sugar" in fairly large print. Domino also sells it, but the grocery store site I checked only shows it in 12oz plastic bottles. https://www.meijer.com/shop/en/pantry/baking/sugar/ch-superfine-sugar-4-lbs/p/1580003636 https://www.meijer.com/shop/en/pantry/baking/sugar/ch-superf...