Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brown sugar is a sweet treat superhero: It infuses cookies, cinnamon rolls and candied yams with notes of molasses and caramel.

Yes, you can use white sugar, molasses, honey, and maple syrup as a substitute for brown sugar so you don't have to run to the store. First, you should understand what brown sugar is. Brown sugar is ...

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 ...

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 — ...