How to Make Paleo Powdered Sugar
- Gluten-Free
- Dairy-Free
- Paleo
- Vegetarian or Vegan
- Pescatarian
As the Christmas season approaches, how many of your holiday baking recipes call for powdered sugar? So many, right?? I know I am guilty of making paleo versions of my favorite treats and then still topping them with or rolling them in regular old powdered sugar. GASP! I know, I know. I just wanted them to be pretty, okay! They were so pretty, but you know what? All that sugar usually made me feel pretty terrible. You know that weird feeling after you eat a bunch of sweets? That kind of feeling.
I knew I should have been using a paleo powdered sugar. But they don’t sell the dang stuff anywhere. I knew I could make my own powdered sugar from coconut sugar, but I hated that it would turn out brown! Ugh. The point of powdered sugar in recipes is usually for the beautiful look of the white powder dusted delicately on your pretty little desserts. Did I want to mar my beautiful creations with brown powdered sugar? NO WAY. I topped them with regular powdered sugar and went on my merry way.
I knew there had to be a better solution. Then I thought: why not try maple sugar? The super light colored kind. And it worked! The result is a beautiful powder that is ever so slightly off white. I would say it’s like an ivory. But on desserts it really looks white and you’d never be able to tell it’s not traditional powdered sugar! Well, until you taste or smell it, of course. It has a very subtle maple taste and scent.
If you don’t like maple syrup, then you probably want to skip this recipe. But if you do, then you’ll love this! And don’t worry, the taste of maple isn’t overpowering at all and almost undetectable in my opinion. To get the right color and taste, make sure to pick a maple sugar brand that is super light in color and made from Grade A maple syrup. Grade B is darker and has a stronger maple flavor. I love the organic maple sugar from Frost Ridge Maple Farm! They also make a bourbon barrel aged maple syrup. OMG yum. Literally drooling right now.
If you’d like to make a keto powdered sugar, just substitute Lakanto 1:1 Monk Fruit Sweetener for the maple sugar! So easy and great for all of your low carb and keto baking!
For this recipe I use my trusty Vitamix, but you can use any brand of high-powered blender or even a large coffee grinder!
Looking for some great recipes to use this lovely powdered sugar in? Check out these!
- Paleo Lemon Bars
- Paleo Bourbon Balls **my fave!!!**
- Paleo Russian Tea Cakes (pictured above!) – recipe coming next week!!! 😍
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How to Make Paleo Powdered Sugar
- Gluten-Free
- Dairy-Free
- Paleo
- Vegetarian or Vegan
- Pescatarian
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed 160g maple sugar (see notes for brand recommendation)
- 2 Tbsp 16g arrowroot powder
Instructions
- Add ingredients to a high-powered blender, place lid on top, blend for about 1 minute on high or until you have a fine powder. You may want to place a kitchen towel on top of the blender to keep the powder from getting into the air.
- Allow to sit with lid on for 1 minute to allow the dust to settle.
- Remove and store in an air-tight jar or container if not using immediately.
- Sift before using to remove clumps.
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I don’t see any where posted what brand maple sugar you recommend.
Hi Valerie! I use the Frost Ridge Maple Farm brand, as mentioned in the text above the recipe card. Enjoy! 🙂
Hi Jackie
Can I use a Ninja blender for this recipe?
I do not have a Vitamix.😔
I think a Ninja blender should work! Or you can try with a coffee grinder 🙂
I think it should also work with a food processor, but you’ll need to run it with a kitchen towel on top so the “dust” doesn’t fly up into the air!
Have you tried making a glaze with this powdered sugar? If so how did it turn out?
Hi, Jackie! I have not, but I think that it would be great!
Have you tried this with coconut sugar ?
Hi, Kimberly! I have not made it myself but I know other bloggers have recipes for powdered coconut sugar. The reason I use maple sugar is because the color is really light and almost white like traditional powdered sugar. Even the lightest coconut sugar will still result in a brown powdered sugar.
Why do you add arrowroot?
Hi Tracie! Some form of starch is traditionally added to powdered sugar in order to prevent it from clumping. Regular powdered sugar usually has corn starch. And for this recipe I chose to use arrowroot!