How to Make Your Own Sanding Sugar

Sanding Sugar was once limited to special events at our house. But now that we have mastered making it, there is always a rainbow of color choices. The girls like to sugar rim their juice glasses or smoothies. And of course being able to create a piece of art work on your toast or pancakes never gets old!

Try making our Mock Margarita’s and using your new Sanding Sugar!

Ingredients:

• White Sugar (1/2 cup per color)
• Plastic Ziploc Baggie (1 per color)
• Food Coloring
• Lined Baking Sheet
• Rolling Pin

 

Directions:

• Measure 1/2 cup sugar and place in your plastic baggie
• Measure 1 cap full food coloring into sugar filled baggie (use less for softer color)
• Seal baggie and squish bag until all sugar if coated with food coloring, pressing down  to break clumps
• Dump colored sugar onto lined baking sheet
• Break apart until in a single layer
• Bake at 120 (lowest temp) for 10 minutes
• Remove from heat and break apart again
• Gather edges of paper on baking sheet and pour colored sugar back into the baggie
• Remove as much air as possible by rolling up from bottom before sealing baggie
• Press with rolling pin or other object on baggie until all lumps are broken up
• Store in an airtight container

Sanding Sugar is awesome on French toast, bagels, etc. Anything that you would sprinkle sugar on, try one of the colored batches for a unique visual effect.