Make Your Own Brown Sugar

Recipe Rating:	7 Ratings5
Categories:	Other Desserts, Quick & Easy
Serves:	2 cups
Prep Time:	10 Min

Ingredients

2 c	white sugar
1 Tbsp	dark molasses

Pinched by LorenMZ, and 206 more.

sharon cowles

Lightly Salted

Cayuga, IN (pop. 1,162)

carlymay

Member Since Dec 2010

sharon's Notes:

I've never bought brown sugar, and this was taught to me by my granny

Directions

Well baking season is here and thought I would share a tip with you all...
I have not bought brown sugar in my life.. this is the way my granny made her brown sugar

For 2 cups of sugar add 1 T Molasses and mix well

I have a kitchen aid and throw in a whole bag of sugar and a few T of molasses to taste turn on low with the whisk blade and walk a way...and store in ziploc bag.

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sharon cowles carlymay

Dec 6, 2010

Yipppeeee.It finally worked.. LOL.. Had a dickens of a time posting this one.. kept freezing up and would not post.

Donna Brown gabbiegirl

Dec 6, 2010

Thanks, Sharon. The posts are really messed up tonight, I think.

CONNIE BOLDA DuplinLady

Dec 7, 2010

Thanks for posting this - there have been times this would have saved me a trip to the store. I am assuming this could harden just like the commercial brown sugar, so here's a tip that I always do and I never have hardened sugar. I put the opened sugar in an air tight plastic container with a piece of a broken terra cotta flower pot in with it. I use a piece about the size of a silver dollar for a 2 lb bag. It works great, no rock hard sugar.

sharon cowles carlymay

Dec 7, 2010

well now I'll just have to try that.. but I'm always making the sugar as we have a few grandies around the house and it gets used up fairly quickly with breakfast oatmeal and breads

Sheila Durall whispering2u_

Dec 8, 2010

OH WOW GIRLS you amaze me. Where have you been all my life. I am gonna make this right now Sharon. Connie thank you also for the pot idea I will try that too. I have always damped a paper tpwel or coffee filter and stuck it in the corner if it harded up.

Sheila Durall whispering2u_

Dec 9, 2010

I made this up last night. Oh my goodness Sharon I was amazed at how well this worked out. I will never buy brown sugar again. The best part is I always have molasses on hand. I dont have a stand up mixer so I put it into Lg plastic storage thingy and shake it up. I tossed in a wee chunk of pot after I was finished. LOL.(Thank you Connie)

CONNIE BOLDA DuplinLady

Dec 9, 2010

LOL...hehehe..LOL, I sure hope the members read what kind of "pot" I suggested.....LOL (you are welcome)

Doreen Fish dfish

Dec 9, 2010

Thanks Sharon...this will save my bacon in the future i am sure of that...so many times I ran out and of course I had molasses in the cupboard!!

CONNIE BOLDA DuplinLady

Dec 10, 2010

SHARON - how much molasses do you add if you want "dark brown sugar" to 2 cups of sugar? This is an excellent way to get 'superfine' sugar too, Thanks for this great tip.

Doreen Fish dfish

Dec 11, 2010

Also you can add a slice of bread to the sugar which adds moisture to keep it soft...once the bread is hard as the sugar sucks out the moisture replace it with a new one...this is what I use in mine...

sharon cowles carlymay

Dec 11, 2010

probably about 2-3 T for dark brown sugar... I sometimes add a bit of cinnamon to a cup of browns sugar and throw in the food processor and make a finer sugar to use for donut holes

Kathleen Morris Kat03

Dec 16, 2010

WOW, this is just fabulous - I'd have never imagined it could be this easy ... don't you just love tried and true things passed down from our grandparents?!! Thanks so much for sharing this one especially.

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