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    Did you know how easy it is to make brown sugar?


    It feels like kinetic sand it’s so satisfying to make.

    Anyway, this solves the problem of not being able to buy it in bulk because it goes hard and stale before I can use it all.

    I found some unsulphured molasses for $2 at the discount grocery store and I recently got a great deal on sugar so obviously I bought 25lbs of it and here we are today.

    I think I’ll keep making it as needed. Cheers!

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    Posted by atticwife

    18 Comments

    1. doublestitch on

      Heads up: store that in an airtight container or it’ll turn as hard as rocks.

    3. prollyincorrect on

      Get a container with a terracotta lid or piece of terracotta to keep it from getting hard

    4. AdeleHare on

      I always see pre-packaged brown sugar at the store and wonder who actually buys it like that.

      I guess maybe it’s people who think there’s some secret special brown-sugar ingredient in there besides sugar and molasses.

    5. miss_six_o_clock on

      I googled it once when I was out of brown sugar. I swear those cookies were so much better!

    9. tobeaflyonthewalls on

      If brown sugar gets hard, just pop it in the microwave for about 30 seconds. I never throw any out. 

    10. 1970NVan on

      And by adjusting your ratio of molasses to sugar you can make light brown or dark brown sugar.

    14. cwsjr2323 on

      Been doing this and like there are no bags with tiny rocks of light brown sugar and dark brown sugar. I make my own as I need and done! I only use cane sugar for baking.

    15. Darnbeasties on

      I just use regular sugar and add a teaspoon of molasses when a recipe calls for brown sugar

    16. scienceislice on

      I fully support the spirit of this but for the time spent there are other things that are more impactful on your household budget. For example, making bread, cooking down fruit to make jam, brewing kombucha, mixing your own laundry detergent, etc.

    17. 02meepmeep on

      Does it involve drinking all the waste rum that gets taken away to make molasses?

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