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!
Cookies!!
I. Definitely going to try this–thanks! Do you know what the ratio is? I.e if you need a cup of powdered sugar how much xylitol do you start with?
Sorry, I don’t 🙁
Xylitol is fatal to dogs & cats. Please be vigilant about keeping it away from them.
You can!
Dogs only. But for them even very small amounts can either kill them or destroy their liver / give them liver cirrhosis.
For the cats metabolism it isnt healthy as well but not fatal.
1 cup xylitol for 1 cup powdered.
Awesome
Granola bars please
Granola bars… 😀 I think this might win.
That is so interesting.
Cookies!
I hate making decisions, too. It’s hard.
Wow! I thought this only works with regular sugar. Great to see that it works with sugar free sweeteners too! 😀
HI Katie, I just tried to make it but its not white yet? I used a 3/4 c. of sucanat because I didn’t have a cups worth left and I’m up to 3 tsp of corn starch so far. Any ideas? Its a light tan color.
I never knew sucatant was sugar free, interesting! I made chocolate crinkle cookies over the holidays and they were sooo easy and flourless. Love a simple recipe like crinkle cookies.
It’s not. Sucanat IS sugar. The name actually stands for SUgar CAne NATural. It’s a less processed sugar but it’s still cane sugar. So, the name of the recipe is actually a inaccurate (sorry Katie). Sucanate is just whole cane sugar without the good stuff all removed.
Melissa: If you use the xylitol option, it’s sugar-free.
Just a FYI for some poeple;
I’ve had success in the past using a MagicBullet with the FLAT blade like when grinding coffee beans, it works great. (I’ve only used the small cup before but any would be fine I would assume.
(Katie – I have some questions about Coconut Oil, I’ll most likely be sending you another comment sometime soon)
Thanks for the continuing great recipes!
All the opportunities! Thank you so much for this recipe!
looks fun!
Granola bars. I love making bars for my kids to take for snacks.
Cookies cookies cookies!
I’ve ALWAYS wondered if there was a healthy alternative to powdered sugar – I should have known to come to you! 🙂
Cool! Great idea. 🙂 I vote cookies!
Cookies!