Shortbread - Brown Sugar - "Bite Me" - Emily

By mariannefeldman

Emily likes:
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Ingredients

• Ingred from pkg:
• Organic whole wheat flour, butter, organic flour, brown sugar, salt
• Frosting:
• Sugar, butter, vanilla, salt

Preparation

Step 1

See page 146 Room for Dessert - David Lebovitz
for ideas on recipe

see p 312 Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Alice Medrich-Brown Sugar Butter cookies

see Sugar: white vs brown in index-
from KAFlour Cookie Companion p 479
Can I use brown sugar & granulated white sugar interchangeably:
If u r making a cookie w/o any chemical leavening (such as shortbread or some roll out cookies) u can use brown sugar in place of white. The finished product will be a bit darker in color, have that distinctive molasses-brown sugar taste, may spread more & be a bit softer.
Using white sugar in place of brown sugar will give u the opposite results: the flavor will be less complex, the cookie will be lighter colored & it may be crisper & spread less.
However, if u r making a brown sugar cookie with leavening, be aware that the leavening - most likely baking soda-is there to help balance the acidity in the brown sugar, acidity that is mostly missing in white granulated sugar.