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| amylopsin |
an enzyme produced by the pancreas, capable of converting starch into sugar. |
| angel food cake |
a light white sponge cake made of beaten egg whites, cream of tartar, flour, and sugar. |
| apple pie |
a pastry dish made with sliced apples and flavored with sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes other spices, often considered typically American or even symbolic of American culture and values. |
| aspartame |
an artificial sweetener about two hundred times sweeter than sucrose, synthesized from amino acids and used as a low-calorie sugar substitute in manufactured soft drinks, cereals, cookies, and the like. |
| bagasse |
the pulp that remains after juice has been removed from sugar cane or sugar beet. [1/2 definitions] |
| beet sugar |
sugar extracted from the roots of sugar beets. |
| beignet |
a square-shaped piece of fried dough topped with powdered sugar, sometimes filled with chocolate, cheese, fruit, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| blackstrap molasses |
a dark, thick molasses from which most of the sugar has been removed. |
| blood glucose |
glucose in the blood or the concentration of glucose in the blood; blood sugar. |
| bombe |
a frozen dessert consisting of two or more different kinds of ice cream, often with a light, frothy center made of eggs and sugar, frozen in a melon-shaped mold. |
| bonbon |
a candy with a filling of fruit jam, nuts, or creamy sugar paste enclosed in a coating of chocolate or the like. |
| brittle |
a candy made in sheets containing sugar and nuts. [1/2 definitions] |
| brown betty |
(sometimes cap. Betty) a baked pudding made of apples or other fruits with bread crumbs, raisins, sugar, butter, and spices. |
| brown sugar |
unrefined or partially refined sugar whose crystals have kept a thin coating of dark syrup. |
| butterscotch |
a candy made from butter and brown sugar. |
| cake |
a sweet, baked food made of flour, eggs, sugar, and flavoring. Cakes can be made in the form of a loaf or layers. [1/4 definitions] |
| cambric tea |
a drink of hot water, milk, sugar, and a little tea, usu. given to children. |
| candied |
cooked or coated in or with sugar, honey, or syrup, esp. to glaze, encrust, or preserve. [1/2 definitions] |
| candy |
a sweet food made of sugar, or some other sweet substance, and flavors such as chocolate. |
| candy floss |
(chiefly British) a candy consisting of melted sugar spun into a fluffy mass around a stick or paper cone; cotton candy. |
| cane |
sugar cane. [1/3 definitions] |
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