What's the difference between powdered sugar, fine sugar and soft candy?

In fact, to put it more popularly, powdered sugar is to grind white sugar into very fine powder. However, sugar is very easy to absorb moisture and agglomerate after grinding into powder, so in order to avoid this phenomenon, a small proportion of corn starch is usually added to the sugar powder to prevent agglomeration, which is sugar powder.

Because powdered sugar is very delicate, it is very suitable for making cookies or cakes. At the same time, sugar and butter often need to be mixed evenly during baking, so powdered sugar is easier to mix with these materials because of its delicious taste.

When it comes to fine sugar, it is actually the white sugar we usually see. However, white sugar can be divided into coarse sugar and fine sugar because of different production processes. In home baking, we usually use fine sugar the most frequently, because its particles are finer, and it is easier to dissolve in batter or dough, and it is also easier to mix with other ingredients, which improves the efficiency. However, coarse sugar is not easy to dissolve and remain because of its large particles, and is generally only used for operations such as boiling syrup.

Here I would also like to mention soft candy, which is also a common candy in the family. It is finer and softer than fine sugar because its water content is a little higher than fine sugar, and there is a small amount of invert sugar in it. When there is no fine sugar at home, you can also use soft candy instead, which has little effect on the finished product.