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
Sugar 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
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoon unsweetened plant milk of your choice, I used soy milk
- ½ teaspoon 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 or keep leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge for 4-5 days.
Susan T-O says
My blender absolutely refused to powderize the brown sugar, so I ended up mixing all the ingredients for several minutes & warming it for 30 seconds in the microwave to help melt the sugar. Even so, it was incredibly simple to make. As written it's far too sweet for my taste, which isn't surprising since it's almost pure brown sugar. I added about a teaspoon or so of ground ginger to the mixture which cut through some of the sweetness and gave it a bit of spicy warmth. Thank you for posting the recipe for sure; you really saved my tofu-bacon here as I'm leaving for a potluck in 20 minutes & the glaze that was part of the ginger cake recipe (not one of yours) didn't taste good at all, LOL!
Iosune says
Hi Susan! So glad you liked it 🙂
Tammi Griffith says
So easy and so delicious. I used orange extract instead of vanilla to match my cake better. Definitely going to use this again
Iosune says
Hi Tammi! Thanks a lot 🙂 I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Lisa says
Wonderful over bread pudding!
Iosune says
Hi Lisa! Yes, it is 🙂 Thanks a lot!
Camille says
Excellent! Drizzle this on top of the "Amazing Chocolate Quinoa Cake" (trust me on this) in Allrecipes. Absolute YUM!!!
Iosune Robles says
Hi Camille! So glad you liked it 🙂
Grace says
The recipe worked great the consistency of the icing was great and the floor was the beat I added some cloves and cinnamon to it and it was the best glaze for my doughnuts 10/10. Will be making again
Iosune Robles says
Hi Grace! I'm so glad you liked our brown sugar glaze 🙂
Blu says
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 🙂
Iosune Robles says
Hi Blu! Thanks for your kind comment 🙂 Sounds so good!