What's the differrence between light brown sugar and dark brown sugar?!
Answers: what does each do in baking, and which is better to use?
Today's brown sugar is white sugar combined with MOLASSES, which gives it a soft texture.
The two most commonly marketed styles of brown sugar are light and dark, with some manufacturers providing variations in between. In general, the lighter the brown sugar, the more delicate the flavor. The very dark or "old-fashioned"style has a more intense molasses flavor.
Brown sugar is usually soldin 1-pound boxes or plastic bags. The latter help the sugar retain it's moisture and keeps it soft.
I think the dark brown sugar has more molasses in it.
The extent to which it has been refined,THe lighter the colour then more refined and less nutritious it is, It depends on what you`re cooking.
Dark brown sugar has a stronger molasses flavor. Lighter types are used in baking, butterscotch and glazes for ham. Richer-flavored dark brown sugar is desirable for gingerbread, baked beans, plum pudding and other full-flavored foods.
erm light brown sugar is lighter than the dark brown sugar :)