Kitchen Hack: How To Make Brown Sugar
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Running short on brown sugar or want to make your own? Either way, this is the perfect brown sugar recipe and brown sugar substitute.
Print this one out, you will need it some day. One of my favorite kitchen hacks that results in light and fluffy perfectly rich brown sugar.
Ever been in the kitchen ready to whip up some chocolate chip cookies and you go for the brown sugar, only to discover you are completely out? Well, this is the perfect solution for those moments. I actually prefer making my own brown sugar.
Brown Sugar Recipe
All you need are 2 ingredients, no muss no fuss and easy clean up. So, if you prefer a little more richness to your brown sugar you can adjust it to suit your tastes.
I pretty much keep molasses on hand at all times for 3 reasons: cookies, barbecue sauce and brown sugar. I can’t do without it.
This is one of my favorite kitchen hacks, next to buttermilk of course.
Tips to make Brown Sugar:
- For light brown sugar use 1 tablespoon molasses, for dark brown use 2 tablespoons molasses.
Enjoy!
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Brown Sugar Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsulfured molasses, See Notes
Instructions
- Add sugar to a medium bowl. Pour molasses over sugar. Use a fork to combine the molasses into the sugar. You can also use a whisk, wooden spoon or an electric mixer. I have even used a blender. But, in the end the fork is my favorite method.
- Continue pressing fork into sugar until the molasses and brown sugar are fully combined and there are no molasses chunks left.
- Store in a sealed resealable container. Use as needed.
Donna’s Notes
- For light brown sugar use 1 tablespoon molasses, for dark brown use 2 tablespoons molasses.
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe’s nutritional value will vary depending on the ingredients used, measuring methods, and portion sizes.
Originally published September 2015.
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Can you add the 2 ingredients to a recipe instead of combining them first?
Can you add the 2 separate ingredients right into a recipe rather than mixing them together first?
Love the idea of making my own brown sugar! ✔️
for me, the best way to make a buttermilk substitute is to mix milk with sour crème, you get the tartness and thickness you need for buttermilk.
Thanks so much for this. Can't tell you how many times I had to dart out of the house to run and get some to finish dinner or a batch of cookies. This will be great!
When you run out of brown sugar but want to make cookies the slow roasted italian never disappoints! SO easy and a great thing to have on hand.