Alternatives to Brown Sugar---- my friend can't have sugar?!


Question: Alternatives to Brown Sugar---- my friend can't have sugar!?
My friend can't have sugar and I have a receipe that calls for Brown Sugar!.

Is there a natural alternative!? I rather not use splenda, sweet n' low, etc!. because of the contents!.

Thank you!Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
add a bit of molasses to obtain the flavor as if you had used actual brown sugar!.
I use apple sauce to sweeten many of my food as i dislike the large amounts of sugar recipes call for these days and it irritates my stomach!. Works like a charm!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Stevia is an natural sweetener!. But make sure to get organic stevia that is unbleached and extracted with a natural water filtration method!.

"Stevia is not the simplest sweetener to work with!. It has a strongly sweet flavor which can quickly overwhelm a recipe!. When trying to use stevia to sweeten baked goods like cookies, the recipe must be adjusted for the lack of bulk that stevia adds!. Cakes and cookies sweetened with stevia do not brown as much as their sugar-sweetened counterparts!."

-from CurezoneWww@FoodAQ@Com

Brown sugar gets its flavor from molasses!. You could add a little of that as a flavoring, but you'll still need something to sweeten!.

If your friend can't have honey, I would go with Splenda!. Of all the artificial sweeteners, it *seems* like the least dangerous!.

You could sweeten by adding a grated apple or mashed banana -- that's what people do to sweeten foods for babies!.!.!. It's natural and it's sweet!.!.!. But, because I don't know what you're making, I don't know how those would affect it's texture!.

Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Don't worry about the stuff in splenda, it's derived from sugar!. Plus you'd have to eat pounds of that sugar substitute a day to ever see ill effects!.
I would def go with the brown sugar splenda!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I was going to recommend splenda brown sugar!. pretty good!. brown sugar is just sugar with molasses!.

depending on the recipe, try apple sauce!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

What about organic honey you will get the sweetness without actually using sugar, hope this helpsWww@FoodAQ@Com

Agave nectar is a good alternative!. It doesn't spike blood sugar!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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