John Myers
One cookie recipe has muscovado sugar as an ingredient. What is that?
Muskovado sugar or Mascobado sugar is raw cane sugar.
For the production of raw cane sugar, sugar cane juice is crystallized, part of the molasses (remaining part of the sugar juice that does not crystallize) separated and finally dried.
Raw cane sugar tastes like caramel, but not as intense as whole cane sugar. With whole cane sugar, the molasses is not separated at all.
Muskovado is not a trademark. Sometimes suppliers also refer to whole cane sugar as Muskovado sugar.
Both raw cane sugar and whole cane sugar still contain vitamins and minerals. However, the amount is relatively small, so that the disadvantages of sugar outweigh the disadvantages. For health reasons, these types of sugar therefore offer no advantage over refined cane or beet sugar.
In a cookie recipe, this sugar can bring an interesting aroma due to its intense taste. You could use regular table sugar instead.
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