How to Color Sugar With Food Coloring (6 Steps)
Colored sugar is very useful for decorating many baked items. Cakes, cookies and rolls are some delicious desserts that are often decorated with icing and colored sugar. Learn how to color sugar with food coloring and then go on to bake and create your own fancy baked items. Not only will they taste wonderful, but they will look like they were professionally decorated--for a fraction of the cost, too!
Things You'll Need
- Liquid food coloring
- Granulated sugar (approximately one cup)
- Wax paper
- Spatula
Instructions
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Pour the sugar onto a sheet of wax paper on a flat work surface.
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Spread the sugar out on the wax paper so that it is in a thin layer.
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Add one drop of food coloring to the sugar and mix with the spatula until the food coloring has been completely incorporated into the sugar.
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Add more drops of food coloring until you have developed the desired color in the sugar. Do not add more than one drop of food coloring at one time.
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Use the colored sugar immediately or store it at room temperature in a sealed container.
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Repeat steps 1 through 5 with a different food coloring to create a different color of sugar.
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