Recipe by All recipes on jenniferskitchen.com are property of jennifer's kitchen and cannot be republished without written permission. on December 14, 2015
Prep time: PT5M
Total time: PT5M
Rating
4.75 stars (4 reviews)
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon arrowroot powder
Steps
Be sure the inside of your blender is completely dry. Even slight dampness will make the sugar not turn powdery. Place sugar and arrowroot (or cornstarch or tapioca starch) in blender jar.
Blend for 50 seconds. Stop blender. Allow dust to settle and sugar to cool slightly. Blend for another 50 seconds.
Reviews
Sue on 2025-04-19 (5 stars): I found the same thing. My powered sugar tastes a little metallic, just like store bought. So, I looked it up and AI told me: “Powdered sugar's metallic taste comes from the way it's processed and the addition of cornstarch. When granulated sugar is ground into a very fine powder, the rearrangement of sugar molecules from a crystalline state to an amorphous one can expose certain hydrogen bonding sites, which are then perceived as metallic by the taste buds. Additionally, cornstarch, often added to prevent clumping, can also contribute to this metallic taste.”
So, we’re not all imagining things, it really can taste metallic!
Bee on 2025-04-11 (4 stars): I think it was a bit grainy but solved my problem in the moment so I am very grateful!
Thank you.
Emily K on 2025-02-12 (5 stars): I did try making this with brown sugar and it did work it just needed to be sifted. I also added drops of vanilla to the powder and reprocessed it to make vanilla sugar. Tasted great in a homemade Nesquik mix
