How to Make Brown Sugar

Name: How to Make Brown Sugar
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 16 Tablespoons (firmly packed)
Ingredients: 1 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 1 Tablespoon unsulphured molasses

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Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings
16 Tablespoons (firmly packed)
Calories
52 kcal
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American

How to Make Brown Sugar

Angela Watkins

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All you need is 2 ingredients and 5 minutes to make your own brown sugar at home. This recipe for a brown sugar substitute makes 1 cup (firmly packed) and can be halved, doubled, tripled, or quadrupled! I include notes to make either light or dark variations. Recipe even includes a video!

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Ingredients

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1 1 cup granulated sugar
1 1 Tablespoon unsulphured molasses increase to 2 Tablespoons of molasses if you would like to make dark brown sugar

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Instructions

Combine sugar and molasses in a mixing bowl.
Use a spatula to work the ingredients together as well as you can. Use the spatula to press any lumps against the side of the bowl and smash them out.
Continue to mix until no lumps remain and the brown sugar is uniform in color.
Store in an airtight container.

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Notes

Air will dry out the brown sugar and make it hard, so for best results store in an airtight container. I like to store mine in a Ziploc bag and press out as much of the excess air as I possibly can. Brown sugar will keep for months, if not longer.
If you go to use your brown sugar and find it has hardened, place a slice of bread with the sugar for several hours in the container, the sugar will soften.

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Serving 1Tablespoon Calories 52kcal (3%) Carbohydrates 13g (4%) Fat 1g (2%) Sodium 1mg (0%) Potassium 19mg (1%) Sugar 13g (26%) Calcium 3mg (0%) Iron 1mg (6%)