This stuff is fantastic! Let's face it — basic American brown sugar is not brown sugar. It's white sugar that's trying to pass. The makers add cane molasses to give white sugar its light brown color. Real brown sugar should come from all natural cane sugar.
Why care? Take the basic toll house cookie recipe. It is a good recipe that make reliably good cookies. But use real brown sugar, flavorful butter, and high quality chocolate and vanilla, (and a touch more salt than the recipe calls for, in my opinion) and this basic recipe will make standout chocolate chip cookies.
Billington's Muscovado Sugar is a rich, full flavored brown sugar that's made in Britian. The company is over 130 years old and makes its sugars with the same care found at a fine winery. Once you taste their sugar, you will understand — all of your taste buds will understand — that generic light brown sugar made with molasses is as nothing to this stuff. I use Billington's in all my cookies that call for brown sugar. It's rather expensive, so I often cut it with the cheap stuff. The flavor isn't as intense, but I get some of the benefits of that muscovado sugar taste while not bankrupting the food budget.
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, Billington's sugars are available from Zingerman's. Non-locals can mail-order it from Zingerman's. A quick web search will show you other places where you can find Billington's sugars.
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