What is 6X powdered sugar? And can you get it any where?
Thanks.

I found this info on it on the joy of baking website.

"Confectioners, powdered or icing sugar is granulated sugar that has been ground to a powder with cornstarch added to prevent lumping and crystallization. It comes in 4X, 6X and 10X but 10X is the one generally found in stores. 10X means that the granulated sugar has been processed ten times. Confectioners sugar is used in meringues, icings, confections, and some sweet pastry."

I've never really looked for it so I can't direct you to where you may find it.

Sorry I couldn't help more.

6X is coarser than 10X. Or 10X is finer thatn 6X. Anyway it's sometimes used by bakery manufacturers for glazes.

I just bought a big bag of it at a bulk food store near my home...I dont know if that will help you at all..but thought I'd let ya know! That's the only place I've seen it. I've found out you DONT want to use it in fondant...its too lumpy!! Yich!

I almost grabbed a big bag of it at my local GFS when I noticed that it was 6X. The price was right . . . but it's not the product I want.

I bought aq 50lb bag and boy was I sorry! i had to shift the entire stinking bag! It was sooo lumpy! Apparently it is more often used in bakeries, but I don't think i will use it.

Julia

yup, me too. I whole stinky 50lb bag. My hands are going to hate me for all the sifting I'm going to have to be doing!!!

thanks for the info. I have never paid any attention to the 'grade'. But I sift my powdered sugar anyway (except for buttercream icing).

6X sugar is what we used for powdered donuts. It is thicker and sticks to the donuts better.

Val

lol, I did the samething grabed the 50 lb bag, but at the time my kids were 10,and 12,16...so guess who got to helped sift the sugar.....

actually, now that I think about it...I used it in MMF, I tried using it the day I made it and that had a lot of little chunks of powdered sugar in it. I let it sit for a day and tried it again and it was a lot better, but still ended up picking out larger chunks as I kneeded...I'm going to have to buy a better sifter!!Good excuse! I've been wanting one for a long time! he he he