How to Use demerara sugar in a Sentence

demerara sugar

noun
  • Add one chai tea bag, a small pinch of salt, and three demerara sugar cubes.
    — Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Place demerara sugar in a shallow bowl.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Bring to a simmer, remove from heat, then stir in 3 cups of demerara sugar.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 12 July 2023
  • Combine 1 cup water, 1 cup demerara sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
    — Liza Weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
  • Dip 1 side of each dough round into demerara sugar, coating only the top side.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Bring equal parts demerara sugar and hot water to a boil until sugar is dissolved.
    — Tina Danze, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Add 10 oz of demerara sugar with 5 oz of water into a small saucepan.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Spread the demerara sugar or sparkling sugar, if using, onto a baking sheet.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • First, measure out 1 cup demerara sugar and ½ cup boiling water.
    — Al Culliton, Bon Appétit, 13 July 2019
  • Repeat with remaining dough log and demerara sugar.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Rolling the dough in demerara sugar before chilling gives the edges a little extra crunch that puts the decadence of these little treats over the top.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Sprinkle batter, trying to avoid bananas, with demerara sugar.
    — Molly Baz, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Lightly brush dough with egg; sprinkle with demerara sugar, dividing evenly.
    — Torie Cox, Country Living, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Sprinkle the parchment paper with demerara sugar.
    — Amisha Gurbani, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2026
  • And, if desired, sprinkle with demerara sugar or regular sugar.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2021
  • Caramel, cocoa and winter spices lead the way, and they’re supported by strawberries, cranberry sauce, and demerara sugar.
    — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • How to make a sugar rim Before adding the cocktail, on a small plate or shallow bowl, combine demerara sugar and a pinch of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In the meantime there is an excellent limeade sweetened with demerara sugar and a dark purple, fruity sorrel punch, which can give the impression it has been lightly spiked with rum.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2018
  • Scatter remaining strawberries on top of batter and sprinkle with demerara sugar.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Like turbinado sugar, demerara sugar is often used to shower baked goods with a dramatic, sparkly finish thanks to its large crystalline granules.
    — Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The mixture’s divided into individual ramekins, topped with a drop biscuit, and sprinkled with demerara sugar for crunch.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
  • Costa says almond syrup in place of demerara sugar helps showcase the amaretto while still preserving the bourbons underlying flavors.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • That included using demerara sugar to make syrups out of rinds, macerating leftover bits for cordials, and clarifying juices to extend shelf lives.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Another partner of The Gates Hotel, the craft distillery uses demerara sugar in the rum instead of molasses.
    — Julia Sayers, AL.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Roll 1 log in 3 tablespoons demerara sugar until evenly and completely coated.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Hot Toddy's are traditionally made with lemon, demerara sugar, your favorite scotch whiskey and fresh nutmeg, according to Food Network's recipe.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Colin is holding up a chocolate chip cookie (Colby’s grandma’s cookies, made with bacon fat) and a chocolate-butterscotch cookie (with a little demerara sugar) while on a swingset that is cropped out of the final frame.
    — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Then these ginger-molasses cookies needed to be rotated at three minutes, individually punched down with the back of a spoon and sprinkled with demerara sugar at six minutes, cooled on the sheet pan and then carefully transferred to a cooling rack.
    — Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Dec. 2021

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