Brown sugar is a critical ingredient for your favorite chocolate chip cookies, a basic barbecue sauce, or even chocolate cake for the ultimate texture. This beautiful blend of sugar and molasses helps ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Brown sugar hardens when exposed to oxygen due to its molasses content. To avoid lumps, store it in an ...

Brown sugar can dry out easily, causing it to be hard and clumpy. Restore moisture to hardened brown sugar by warming it in the microwave with a damp paper towel. Prevent brown sugar from hardening by ...

Brown sugar hard as a rock? Here's how to get it soft again. It’s happened to the best of us: you’re all set to bake a batch ...

So you wanted to start baking, but when you grabbed the brown sugar it was hard as a rock. You can thank molasses, in part, for that. Once brown sugar is exposed to air, that thin coating of molasses ...