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!
I do this all the time with coconut crystals, but it’s brownish. Still tasty.
A Granola Bar recipe with NO coconut!!! …..or cookies 🙂
Cookies! Cookies make me happy. 🙂
Granola bars please!!!
granola bars please
Cookies please!
Granola bars! Gluten free! Please.
I put Splenda on my food processor before to make powdered sugar, but never thought to add cornstarch!. Thanks for the idea!
I vote for granola.bars:)
Xylitol? Gosh I guess it’s ok then — I was in an organic vegan restaurant a few weeks ago and ordered the cappuccino at the end and it was sweet. I asked what they put in it and they said xylitol. I was shocked, thinking it wasn’t good … like mannitol in diabetic products which I think can give you diahrrea. I guess xylitol is becoming more common-place now?
I think it is… it’s always been used in gum. But honestly I haven’t really used it much except for this “recipe.”
cookies! always cookies 🙂 lol
Coooooookies, please!! I’ve been craving cookies for the past 4 days and only have the time to make them today. So, more cookies would just be delightful! lol
those pictures are amazing! I love purple!
And I love homemade powdered sugar 🙂
Granola!
Oohh, well seeing as you have a lot of cookie recipes already on here, some granola bars would be great :).
P.S – I do this with Coconut Sugar and it works great.
P.P.S – Do YOU personally use Xylitol?? I’ve been avoiding it as I’ve heard it has a negative effect on the body :S.
What negative effects? I’ve only read good things about Xylitol. It helps prevent cavities, etc. It’s got an interesting cooling effect in your mouth when eaten, so I’d probably mix it with another sweetener like Stevia to cut that back a bit.
The only negative I’ve heard is it’s very toxic to dogs. But so is chocolate!
And raisins! Poor dogs ;).
Jade: I don’t honestly know much about xylitol. I picked it up out of curiosity, because I know a lot of my readers appreciate sugar-free options in my recipes… so I thought I’d play around with it a little to experiment. But really, I haven’t used it for much besides this yet.
i think it can cause GI distress like bloating and gas
I have heard that it can cause loose bowels if too much is consumed. I have been having mega GI issues lately and my ND asked if I use artificial sweeteners or xylitol.
It can, and will, in some people, those who are sensitive to it. But this isn’t necessarily the case for everyone. I also have a VERY sensitive stomach and GI track, but I’ve never, ever had an issue with xylitol. I love it. I bake cakes with it (although I’ll usually combine it with raw cane sugar or something else natural like coconut palm, even honey…) and use it for other things.
I’m happy to see this ‘recipe’ for the powdered sugar. 🙂 A local store here sells it also, but it contains erythritol and tastes awful. Waaaayyyy too sweet and has that distinct ‘sugar alcohol’ taste to is whereas xylitol alone tastes more like granulated sugar, just not as rich.
Thank you everyone for your replies before!! I decided last .inth to give Xylitol a go, and am seemingly fine with it :). We only have one brand here, XyloBrit – anyone else recommend another brand, I’ll look online!! Also, does anyone else in the UK have advice for which online health store to buy from?? I’ve been using iHerb as love their range, but shipping is soooo expensive!! Have checked out Goodness Direct already, but am not really impressed by what they have to offer.. Advice would be really appreciated!! 😀
Jade C
I am addicted to “Xylitol Plus” which is half Xylitol, half Stevia. Alone, Stevia is too sweet for me; Xylitol is too bitter. Brilliantly, this company combined the two, and for every one of Katie’s recipes where she calls for a packet of Stevia, I sub in a packet of Xylitol Plus. The brand is NOW. I buy it at Whole Foods or a local health food store, but I know it’s available online. I drink a packet a day, at least, in my cup of hot tea. No GI issues for me. (I think that may happen when someone has made a batch of something, like cookies, and since they think of as “fat free” they eat the entire batch. And then they want to blame the ingredients for their stomach upset! ha!
I’m interested in what you describe… But I’m so against using anything not 100% natural esp if my son (toddler) will be eating it!!
For now I’m learning to bake with all coconut sugar and I’ve also gotten sugar made from dates and maple syrup too.
Definitely against Splenda!
Xylitol Is fatal for dogs. More so than chocolate. Xylitol poisoning in dogs has been on the increase since 2002. So dog owners should be highly aware
granola bars- with no coconut, golden syrup, molasses or treacle..maple syrup possibly.
i’m so picky but they have to be just right! xx
never used or really heart of suncanat, im in england that’s prob. why!
Cookies next please! I’m still addicted to the secret pb ones; made more with coconut and some with cashew butter today and they’re both delicious 🙂
Oh boy!! I think “make puppy chow” will be on my to do list for today. I think I might use https://lett-trim.today/2011/10/12/chocolate-banana-split-butter/%3C/a%3E instead of regular peanut butter too YUMM!
You MUST tell me how it turns out!!
!! 🙂