Unlike standard brown sugar—which is refined white sugar with molasses added back in—piloncillo is made by boiling raw sugarcane juice until it thickens, then drying and grinding it into a fine, sand-like consistency.
Unlike standard brown sugar—which is refined white sugar with molasses added back in—piloncillo is made by boiling raw sugarcane juice until it thickens, then drying and grinding it into a fine, sand-like consistency.