Comments on: How to Soften Brown Sugar

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:43:46 +0000

Thanks for these ideas. I live in the Pacific Northwest, where we get lots of rain. When my brown sugar gets hard, I put it outside on a damp or rainy day, under cover and let the moisture in the air revitalize my brown sugar. Summertime that doesn’t always work, so its good to have these new-to-me methods.

By: Carole

Carole — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:04:52 +0000

Thanks for the tip to soften brown sugar in the oven because I don’t have a microwave. It took 40 minutes, but it worked!

By: Debbie K

Debbie K — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:15:39 +0000

I pop a couple of large marshmallows in my airtight container of brown sugar. It has never hardened on me!

By: C M

C M — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:20:01 +0000

When I get a new bag of brown sugar, I measure it in 1/2 cup measurements, put each half cup into plastic bags & freeze them. They will last for YEARS. When you thaw them, they’re as soft!

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:50:54 +0000

Dorothy, I read in an old cookbook of my husband’s grandmother to put a papertowel in with your brown sugar so I started doing that, it is an an air tight container and it seems to work, or the container is keeping it from hardening, thought I would share.