With a distinct sweet maple flavor and light caramel color, maple sugar is used both as a flavoring and a sweetener. The low moisture content makes it perfect for recipes or formulations requiring the sweetness and flavor of pure maple but that can't support the added moisture of maple syrup. It can be used in place of cane sugar in any recipe, however, maple sugar is about twice as sweet so it is recommended to use 3/4 cups of maple sugar in place of 1 cup of cane sugar.
Maple sugar works great as an ingredient to make cakes, cookies, sauces and rubs.