Cookie question re: brown vs. regular sugar

[tarwatersghost]

I'm making a simple sugar cookie recipe and just noticed that it calls for the cookies to be rolled in sugar and cinnamon before they're baked. It specifies granulated sugar, but all I have on hand right now is brown sugar. Will this be a problem?

Comments

[nobodyhere]

It's a little difficult to roll things in brown sugar, but other than the logistical problem it should be fine.

[tarwatersghost]

Thanks!

[jandrofrachini]

Those sound like snickerdoodles rather than sugar cookies. You can probably skip rolling them in cinnamon and sugar and make regular sugar cookies, unless you're really attached to the idea.

[tarwatersghost]

Yep. You're right; that's exactly what they are.

[supercarrot]

you can dry your brown sugar out a bit and pound on it to make little crystals.

(maybe a few minutes at a 200F oven?)

[tarwatersghost]

I actually cut it into the cinnamon and then crushed it and mixed it up well and it turned out ok. I had no problems pressing the dough balls into the mixture, even though it was a brand new bag of brown sugar (and therefore fairly moist in that way it is when it's new). If anything, I may have ended up with more cinnamon on them than I would have liked, but that's ok. The spouse will taste test them tonight and I plan to make more tomorrow.