Brown Sugar substitute??

[EmeraldStorm]

Is there any such thing? IF so...what might that be? Same general flavor? I ask because my birthday is coming up, and every year when I was a child, my grandma made me her "famous" (at least in our family) Pumpkin Ice Cream pie. My daughters want to make it for me this year, and we are trying to "re-vamp" the recipe so that I can actually eat it.
Here is the recipe, as it is written, and my subs are in ( )

1 Cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup brown sugar (???)
1/2 t salt
1/2 teas each cinnamon and ginger
1/4 teas nutmeg

Mix together and add 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened (ice cream recipe I found on the boards)

Pour into graham cracker crust (this would be totally omited, as I only really like the filling anyway. and freeze until firm.

I don't think Splenda would work in this as a substitute for brown sugar...but there has to be something low-carb out there that we can sweeten this with. Any ideas anyone?

[debsjeans]

I think it is called brown sugar twin I'll check now and if I am wrong I will report back imediately

[Amichailov]

there is a product out there. I believe its manufactured by sugar twin and is a brown sugar substitute. The only down side to it is that it is made from aspartame rather than splenda, therefore it does not work well for any kind of baking or cooking application. As long as you use it after the baking cooking process it is quite good.

[EmeraldStorm]

Thanks!! The upside to this recipe and aspartame is that there is no cooking...it is a frozen pie.

I'll look for the brown sugar twin and see what it's like.

Thanks again! My birthday will be even more wonderful if I can have this pie.

[Christineanne]

Actually, Sugar Twin does make a granulated brown sugar substitute. I just bought some last week and fortunately it's not aspartame. According to the box, the Ingredients are Maltodextrin,sodium cyclamate 32%, caramel, artificial flavours. Carbs are .27 grams per teaspoon. It's a one to one ratio and cooks and bakes just like sugar.

[Tiggerdagibit]

Just wanted to mention that there are a couple of recipes for crusts in the "other" recipe forum that might work. That recipe sounds great. I'm gonna have to try it

[Tiggerdagibit]

Sorry...it's not "other" it's in desserts.

[Anonymous]

Regular old brown sugar is just plain old sugar + a small amount of molasses. The general rule to substitute is 1 1/2 Tablespoons molasses + 1 cup sugar to equal 1 packed cup brown sugar.

Now, if you purchased black strap molasses, that has much less sugar in it than other varieties. You could use a small amount of that to give your recipe that brown sugar taste. I bet it wouldn't take much and would add only a relatively small amount of sugar to each serving.

Personally, I'm at a point in the diet that I can afford to use a smidge of molasses, but you might not be comfortable with that yet.

PS - your recipe sounds yummy! I love pumpkin pie.

[stat0314]

I am sure this is too late but on Alacarb.com there is a brown sugar substitute that tastes just like brown sugar. We don't like the sugar twin brand as it leaves a bitter after taste.

[Naja]

Steel's Gourmet sells brown malitol crystals. I do recommend them as the best brown sugar substitute out there at the moment.

A very small amount of blackstrap molasses plus Splenda or Diabetisweet might also be used for the caramelized brown sugar taste, if you are on a phase of the plan where you can handle the extra carbs.