Cookie sweetener (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

brown sugar

(Other definitions for brown sugar that I've seen before include "Sweet thing" , "Demerara or muscovado, for example" , "Kind of sweetener" , "Eg, demerara" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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