frigidaireguy
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There has got to be a way to keep a box of brown sugar from turning into a brick. I don't use it often but it always seems to be hard as a brick when I go to use it. Thanks for any ideas.
Bob
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perc-o-prince
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I found that if I buy it in a plastic bag then once opened twist the bag down to the sugar (like a loaf of bread) then fold the tail over and rubber band it down, it stays moist and useable to the end. Current cupboard inhabitant shown below.
Chuck
Chuck
I buy brown sugar in the 2 lb. plastic bags, and empty them into old 64oz. peanut butter jars, and the sugar stays soft for months this way. They hold one of these bags just right. If you don’t have one of these jars, I believe you can buy Rubbermaid plastic jars with a screw on lid. I think you get a tighter seal with a screw on lid.
Eddie
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Safeway's store brand provides a resealing strip for their brown sugar that's packaged in a plastic bag. I fold the bag closed until there's no air gap left, then use the provided tape to seal it. The contents stay soft for long periods between uses. I think C & H offers zip-lock plastic packaging.
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Safeway's store brand provides a resealing strip for their brown sugar that's packaged in a plastic bag. I fold the bag closed until there's no air gap left, then use the provided tape to seal it. The contents stay soft for long periods between uses. I think C & H offers zip-lock plastic packaging.
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I've used the slice of bread trick.. thing is you have to plan that a day ahead. So do it today for chocolate chip cookie makin tomorrow.
It keeps fine in Tupperware. When it goes on sale and I buy a quantity, I store the one pound boxes or two pound bags in zippered plastic bags in the freezer and what I take out, I put in the Tupperware container, one for dark and one for light. I think each rectangular container holds about a pound. The reason I store them in plastic bags in the freezer is that sometimes there are tiny slits in the original packaging and if those went into the freezer or even were stored in a cabinet, the sugar would harden.
I keep my Domino brown sugar in a Hefty zip bag. I squeeze the excess air out when I close it, and the sugar has been staying nice. I've been keeping my C&H Baker's Sugar the same way.
Bob, I used to have the same issue until I started keeping the item in zip bags. It's rare I buy just a pound, I usually get 2 pound bags as it's easier to measure and I've never had an issue with hardening of sugar once I started putting it in zip bags.
Equivalent!
For one cup of light brown sugar, take one cup of granulated (white) sugar with one measuring tablespoon unsulphured molasses (Grandma's or B'rer Rabbit). Combine, stirring well.
Dark brown? TWO tablespoons molasses per cup of sugar.
I have made cookies and cakes with this, works perfectly.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
For one cup of light brown sugar, take one cup of granulated (white) sugar with one measuring tablespoon unsulphured molasses (Grandma's or B'rer Rabbit). Combine, stirring well.
Dark brown? TWO tablespoons molasses per cup of sugar.
I have made cookies and cakes with this, works perfectly.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
I buy C&H in the plastic bag, keep it folded tight, and stored in a large zip-lock bag to boot. Never had any problems with it turning solid. Storing it in a container is another matter. Was never able to keep it from solidifying in a storage container.
xraytech
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I always buy the cheapest store brand brown sugar, 3 lb at a time.
I always just pour mine into my vintage Tupperware canister and leave it on the counter.
My brown sugar is never hard, sometimes it takes 6-9 months to empty the canister
I always just pour mine into my vintage Tupperware canister and leave it on the counter.
My brown sugar is never hard, sometimes it takes 6-9 months to empty the canister
I have a Foodsaver so I store brown sugar in a container and suck out the air...the sugar is always soft.
Gary
Gary
sorry about this...
reminds me of an old joke...
"I call my girlfriend Brown Sugar."
"Why, because she is dark and sweet?"
"No, because she is coarse and unrefined..."
reminds me of an old joke...
"I call my girlfriend Brown Sugar."
"Why, because she is dark and sweet?"
"No, because she is coarse and unrefined..."
arbilab
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I gradually reduced the BS in CCCs until I got to zero and liked it better. A little extra vanilla wouldn't hurt too.
Now is the time to stock up on brown sugar at reduced prices. The two pound bag of Domino at my regular store is only 30 cents more than the one pound box.
