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I could just be having a brain f*rt here...but is granulated sugar just normal sugar?

ie like the stuff you'd put in tea? If you did, which we don't.

I'm perplexed as I went to Mercadona to buy brown sugar (to make gingerbread) and there suddenly seems to be lots of different types of sugar.

I am now confuddled.

Yes lol, granulated is the stuff other people put in their tea and coffee
I bought one bag in the first 3 years we were here as Dad had it in his drinks - he used to come quite a lot
Now I buy it for the 1 teaspoonful that goes in the bread

Anyway, yes there are now lots of different kinds, all sugar
Dark brown soft and light brown soft are finer and 'softer' than demerara, which is granular and crunchy. So for those it does sometimes matter which type the recipe says as it would affect the taste and possibly texture.
Gingerbread may well say dark soft brown, it would give a richer result.
Crumble would have demerara, for the crunch
Hope that helps

Thank you OWO.

(O Wise One)

Perfect.

Life was so much simpler when I was young.... there was brown sugar, or white sugar. We also had treacle (brown) and golden syrup (err golden).

A bag lasts us a year at least as none of us take it, and we don't add it to cereals either

Cor I get through loads of granulated sugar - jam and pickle making.

I usually tend to buy golden caster sugar rather than normal. Don't know why.