Brown sugar glaze, made with just 3 ingredients, in less than 5 minutes. It can be used to drizzle over cakes, breads, pastries, or any dessert.
brown sugar glaze
brown sugar glazeSugar glaze is a delicious way to make your sweets or desserts look and taste even better and is incredibly easy to make! It just required 3 ingredients and 5 minutes.
Classic sugar glaze is usually made with confectioners, icing or powdered sugar, whole milk and vanilla extract, but there are other recipes that also call for eggs or even butter.
I like to keep things simple and also make healthier alternatives for you guys, that’s why I’ve only used 3 ingredients. This glaze is not something you want to eat every single day, but I prefer to use brown sugar and any plant milk, instead of white sugar and whole milk.
You can add this amazing brown sugar glaze on top of any dessert, but I used it to top a delicious vegan bread pudding. It also goes really well with cakes, donuts, muffins, scones, cookies, or pretty much anything that is sweet.
Making your own powdered sugar at home is really simple, you just need a powerful blender and brown sugar (any other type of sugar will do), and is ready in just 30 seconds.
brown sugar glaze ingredients
- Brown sugar – Feel free to use other types of sugar, like cane, coconut, maple or date sugar. I’ve never tried this recipe using other sweeteners, like maple or agave syrup, but if you give it a try and it works, please let us know.
- Unsweetened plant milk – Any type of unsweetened plant-based milk is okay, but soy milk is my favorite one. Water and other liquids like orange or lemon juice, coffee, apple cider or even liquor works great as well.
- Vanilla extract – This ingredient is optional, but if you have some vanilla extract on hand, please use it because it will make your sugar glaze taste even better.
- There are so many ingredients you can use to flavor your sugar glaze: coffee, liquor, fruit juices or zests (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit), spices (like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice), apple cider, etc.
tips to make brown sugar glaze
- I used my Vitamix blender to make the powdered brown sugar, but any powerful blender is okay. Store-bought powdered sugar is also a good choice, but I prefer to make it at home with unrefined sugar.
- Try to make your own plant milk and vanilla extract at home. They’re more affordable, so easy to make and taste really good.
- Add more or less liquid, depending on how thick or thin you prefer your sugar glaze.
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Brown Sugar Glaze
- Prep: 5 mins
- Total: 5 mins
- 1 cup and 3 tbsp or 19 tbsp (approximately) 1x
- How-to
- American
Servings 1 cup and 3 tbsp or 19 tbsp (approximately) 1x
Brown sugar glaze, made with just 3 ingredients, in less than 5 minutes. It can be used to drizzle over cakes, breads, pastries, or any dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown, cane or coconut sugar (170 g)
- 3 tbsp unsweetened plant milk of your choice, I used soy milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
- Add the sugar to a blender and blend until you get a powdered texture.
- Add the sugar to a bowl, among with the milk and vanilla extract. Stir until well combined. If the glaze is too thick, add more milk and if it’s too thin, add more powdered brown sugar.
- Use the glaze as a classic sugar glaze for topping desserts like vegan bread pudding, donuts, banana bread, etc. Keep leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for 4-5 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 30
- Sugar: 7.4 g
- Sodium: 2 mg
- Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 7.5 g
- Protein: 0.1 g
Didn’t have a blender, would of made it easier. but I used an electric whisk to try and powder the brown sugar it kinda was hard so I used a meat hammer thing crushed it and hit it. Eh at least I got my frustration out. haha 😀 anyways, I added vanilla almond milk, a lil almond extract, and a tiny dash of cinnamon poured it over the moist carrot cake I made right before serving and it was loved by my picky brother and mom who do not like frosting lol. Happy thanksgiving 🙂
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Hi Blu! Thanks for your kind comment 🙂 Sounds so good!
hi, can I use powdered milk like the vanilla Lasco?
Hi! I haven’t tried it myself, sorry!
I used whole milk and 1/2 tsp of lemon juice instead of vanilla and it turned out perfect! I used it as a glaze over a cranberry bundt cake I made. Will definitely be adding this to my list of glazes!
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I’m so glad you liked it 🙂 I encourage you to use plant milk next time!
Loved this thank you! I used raw brown sugar, oat milk, and vanilla. It was my first time making a glaze and it came out wonderfully. The only change I would make would be to blend my sugar a little bit more, it looks more like powder than it actually is at first.
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So glad you liked it, Kris! Next time, try to blend your sugar a little bit more 🙂 Have a nice day!
does this glaze harden
Hi! I think that it is not possible, sorry 🙂 Have a nice day!
loved it I used whole milk and it was amazing. I will not probity use this more than the standered one!
Hi Shyann! So glad you liked our recipe! I encourage you to make it again but using plant-milk 🙂 I am sure you will love it! Have a nice day!
we made haiwann cimmanon roll but no powdered sugar it amazing thank you
Hi Kennedy! So glad you liked it 🙂
my mom doesn’t let me eat powdered sugar so this recipe was my only option for a glaze. AMAZING!
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Can this glaze be frozen for future use?
Hi Lynn! I haven’t frozen it myself, but I think it could work…
Yes I made the recipe. I had to use 2 % milk, used the juice of a lime with cinnamon to flavor the glaze because I was out of vanilla extract. I put the glaze over wildberry muffins. They are delicious! Thank you for the recipe!
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Hi Shannon! So glad you liked it 🙂
Question: Does this glaze hardened when set & cooled?
Hi Grandma! Just a little bit, but not much 🙂
Delicious, I used less milk for a thicker glaze though.
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Hi Katie! Thanks 🙂 So glad you liked it!
what a wonderful recipe! so versatile and delicious!!!
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Hi Bella! Thanks a lot 🙂