Homemade Brown Sugar (2024)

Learn to make your own homemade brown sugar using just two simple ingredients. The result is superior quality – wonderfully fresh, fluffy, and with the perfect texture.

Making your own homemade brown sugar is a wonderfully simple process that yields a far superior result compared to store-bought varieties. All it takes is two basic ingredients – granulated white sugar and molasses. I like using molasses in some baking recipes as well as for sauces, like homemade barbecue sauce, so I always have both in my pantry.

Combined in just the right proportions, it will give you a rich, moist brown sugar with an unbeatable depth of flavor. When the two are mixed together, a remarkable transformation occurs – the granulated sugar softens and takes on a beautifully fluffy, pillow-like texture, while the molasses infuses every granule with its signature robust, slightly smoky taste. The end result is a brown sugar that is worlds apart from the dense, clumpy store-bought kind, with a delightfully light and airy quality that makes it an absolute joy to bake and cook with.

With just a few minutes of hands-on time, you can craft your own custom blend, tailoring the ratio of sugar to molasses to suit your personal flavor preferences. You can easily make dark brown sugar by adding more molasses, depending on the recipe that you need it for. The process is so simple, yet the payoff is immense – homemade brown sugar offers an unparalleled depth of flavor and an irresistibly soft, creamy texture. Making your own brown sugar gives you the option to mix up what you need anytime. You’ll never run out of brown sugar again ☺️.

Ingredients

• granulated sugar
• molasses

How To Make Homemade Brown Sugar

Place the sugar in a bowl and add the molasses. Mix it all together until it is evenly combined. It will take a few minutes to work all the molasses perfectly into the sugar. You can use a whisk or just use your clean hands (it’s faster using your hands.)

You can also use a mixer, either a hand held mixer or a stand mixer to mix the sugar and molasses.

How To Store Brown Sugar

Place the brown sugar in an airtight container in your pantry or somewhere at room temperature.

Tips To Keep the Brown Sugar Soft

First of all, keep the sugar in an airtight container, not open to air.

Exposure to air causes the moisture in brown sugar’s molasses to evaporate. The sugar crystals stick together as the molasses dries out and solidifies and that results in the hard brown sugar.

Also, store it at room temperature, not in the refrigerator.

Here are a few other helpful kitchen tips:

• Keep a slice of soft white bread in the brown sugar.
  • Hard brown sugar can absorb moisture from the bread. Put a slice of bread in your brown sugar container and the sugar will become soft and pliable in a day or two.
• My favorite way to keep the brown sugar soft is to use a clay/terracotta disc in the brown sugar container.
  • I have this cute Brown Sugar Bear and it works great. Soak the bear for 10-15 minutes in water and then place it in the brown sugar. The moisture will soften up the sugar.

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