If you're a baker or connoisseur of anything sweet, then you're probably pretty familiar with brown sugar. It is, afterall, one of the most common baking ingredients. It's often used to make cookies, ...

Does it matter whether you use light or dark brown sugar? We answered this reader question.

Out of brown sugar mid-baking session? Try one of these emergency brown sugar substitutes as a replacement. Luckily, if you run out of this distinctive variety of sugar, which gets its color and soft ...

Brown sugar is a "granulated, refined sugar that comes from the same plant as white sugar," says Kate Zeratsky, RD, a registered dietitian nutritionist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. It gets its ...

A wooden bowl and a wooden spoon with brown sugar, surrounded by brown sugar cubes. - Anna Blazhuk/Getty Images It lends a deeper, richer sweetness to your chocolate chip cookies, it's an invaluable ...

You may have heard of light brown sugar and dark brown sugar. Well, they're basically the same thing, except one has more molasses than the other. To make light brown sugar, you need: 1 cup granulated ...

For the occasional, not-so-serious baker, any old lump of brown sugar might do: light brown, dark brown or even white mixed with a bit of molasses. But for those who strive for baking perfection — ...