Guest guest Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Dear Savarna , Caster Sugar is a very fine sugar . It is sold in Britain, and East Indian Markets You can find it here in the states as Superfine Caster Sugar is not as fine as confectioners I believe that you could use regular raw sugar as a substitute Hope that Helps Lynda Carter _www.aliveandraw.com_ (http://www.aliveandraw.com) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 It would seem to be super fine sugar: http://www.ochef.com/580.htm My husband found some sugar called " baker's sugar " that is very fine grained,it's from C & H (it's like fairy dust LOL. I think their site is www.bakerssugar.com). I think my husband saw it at Target, as i was looking for beet sugar, but I think he mis-heard me. Missie On 8/16/07, SavarnaRose <savarnarose wrote: > > I found the following recipe for cookies, but what the heck is caster > sugar? > It originally had British measurements as well, so maybe it is called > something else here in the US? I can't remember where I got it. > Thanks! > SavarnaRose > > Cookies > This recipe makes about 40 small (2 inch/6cm) cookies > Ingredients: > 3/4 cup caster sugar > 3/4 cup vegetable margarine > 5 tablespoons of soya milk > 1 ½ cups of plain flour > 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional) > Preheat oven to 400F and grease cookie sheets. Cream together the sugar > and > marg. Mix in the soya milk and vanilla and then the flour. The mixing of > the > flour is best done with your hands (messy but fun!). You should have a > workable dough (add more flour if it's too wet or more soya milk if too > dry > and doesn't hold together well). Roll out on a floured board (to just > under > 1 cm thick) and cut into cookies (if you don't have cookie cutters you can > use an upturned glass). Lay on cookie sheets and bake for about 10 minutes > for soft bake cookies or a little longer for dryer, crunchy ones. > Variations: > Add choc, nuts or/and dried fruit > Half dip the cooled cookies in chocolate - choccy biscuits! > Crushed chocolate beans are a colorful replacement for chocolate chips. > They > can also be pressed all over the top prior to baking. > Plain cookies with a handful of sesame seeds or desiccated coconut added > into the dough are delicious. > Jewel biscuits: make a hole in the middle of your uncooked cookie once it > is > placed on a baking tray and place a boiled sweet in the space - this will > melt down and fill the hole in the oven and then reset once cool - lovely > for Christmas tree decorations! > Plain cookies with a square of chocolate pressed onto them before baking > work well too. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 You can put regular sugar in the food processor for a few pulses and you have superfine sugar. Barb Deggans _____ On Behalf Of Namaska7 Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:30 PM Re: Caster Sugar? Dear Savarna , Caster Sugar is a very fine sugar . It is sold in Britain, and East Indian Markets You can find it here in the states as Superfine Caster Sugar is not as fine as confectioners I believe that you could use regular raw sugar as a substitute Hope that Helps Lynda Carter _www.aliveandraw.com_ (http://www.aliveand <http://www.aliveandraw.com> raw.com) ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover. <http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour> aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 I'm curious if this sugar is still filtered through bone char. I don't buy commercial regular sugar because of this. Laura in MD ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 The C & H one I found is so it's not vegan, but their (pasted from teh nice email they stend me back when i asked them this very question) : natural Washed Raw Sugar which is crystallized from pressed cane juice and is not filtered over natural charcoal. Many consumers enjoy this natural turbinado sugar for its crunchy texture and its rich, subtle molasses flavor. Our newest product, C & H Pure Cane Certified Organic Sugar also does not pass through this filter. ( I emailed them because I didn't think it was vegan, but couldn't find out anything otherwise, so I asked them, very politely, too. how they processed it, and if they used the natural charcoal)/ As stated before, and on another link, you can just put other larger crystaled sugar into the food processor to grind it to finer grains. HTH, Missie On 8/17/07, VAP79 <VAP79 wrote: > > I'm curious if this sugar is still filtered through bone char. > I don't buy commercial regular sugar because of this. > Laura in MD > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 I've never purchased castor sugar although I know what it is and some recipes I make call for it. Instead, I take the raw sugar I have and grind it in either my Vita Mix or the coffee grinder I keep specifically for this type of usage. It works out just " fine " . ) God's Peace, Gayle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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