How to make sugar free powdered sugar, which works for any recipe that calls for regular powdered sugar. It’s SO easy!
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
Is it snowing where you are?
As usual, Dallas weather doesn’t know what it wants to do. So it vacillates from 25 to 75 and back again.
Shorts one day, fleece pants the next. Always on our toes.
No snow here yet, but I do have white powder of a different sort: sugar-free powdered sugar. (Oxymoron?)
Every Christmas for as long as I can remember, my mom has made multiple batches of pixie cookies (the little chocolate crinkle cookies, dusted with powdered sugar).
Last month I decided it was time to try creating a healthier, vegan version of those crowd-friendly chocolate pixies. In my quest to “healthify” the recipe, I landed on an about.com article describing how to turn Splenda into powdered sugar.
This got me to thinking, “If you can do it with Splenda, why not with other sweeteners?”
So I tried it, first with Sucanat and then with Xylitol.
Both times, it worked!
Sugar Free Powdered Sugar
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sweetener of choice, such as coconut sugar or erythritol
- optional 1-2 tsp arrowroot or cornstarch, to prevent clumping when stored
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients in a blender. It’ll smoke a little, but that’s okay. You should have powdered sugar in a matter of seconds! Store in a covered container in the pantry, just as you’d store regular powdered sugar.Healthy Glaze Icing:Combine 1 cup of the above powdered sugar with 1 1/2 tbsp milk of choice and 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract. Use in place of regular powdered sugar icing, on cookies or cupcakes, etc.
- Shown above on Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal.
Notes
And now I’m going to return to eating my chocolate pixie cookies. Hope you all have a lovely day!
Great to hear that someone’s tested this. I recently bought a decorating kit, and wanted to try making some things with royal icing, but my mother is diabetic and I’m trying to minimise my sugar intake (both to lose weight and because my physiology is so similar to hers that I’m likely at risk as well.) I had thought it might be possible to substitute my erythritol/stevia blend, but wasn’t completely sure.
I love all of your recipes!!
My question is can you make powdered sugar from regular Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener?
I can’t find the powdered version any where in my area! They carry the red bag but not the blue one and I’m eager to make your carrot cake recipe with your cream cheese frosting!!
Thank you for giving a sweet tooth satisfaction without all the unnecessary junk!
Hmm sorry we have never tried it! Probably?
Hello, have you tried making this with a form of stevia? I’m looking to make a natural sugar free buttercream that also holds up well when additional liquid is added. Thanks!
free sugar c