Can you soften rock hard brown sugar?

[shortbun]

My husband was going to make his usual chocolate chip cookies but he just yelled in that the only brown sugar we have is 'like a rock!'

 

[DLB]

Rub it on a cheese grater it will break it right up

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Microwave it for a few seconds at a time.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Rub it on a cheese grater it will break it right up

Hey, that's a good idea!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Easily, but not immediately. Toss in a slice of bread, seal tightly, and leave for a couple of days.

 

[shortbun]

Thanks, this stuff must be really old too. We usually buy small bags and go through it in Oatmeal, bread baking, cookies and coffee. It was in a cannister he found in a cupboard instead of the counter top cannisters.

 

[DLB]

Hey, that's a good idea!

Thank you! I read it in a magazine. Works like a charm!

 

[chamonix]

I use the slice of bread in sealed bag method, but it takes a day. Works like a charm, though!

Another good tip: after the cookies are made, put a slice of bread in whatever container you seal the cookies in. Keeps them soft......try this, its amazing.

 

[NatashaDisneyCM]

I always microwave mine for a few minutes also!

 

[RNMOM]

I keep mine in Tupperware and it never gets hard. I try not to even leave it in the store bag at all cause it always seems to have a tiny leak and that stuff is sticky and messy.

 

[Nicolepa]

If you have molasses and white sugar just make your own. I just put a bit of molasses in and blend until it looks like brown sugar. I'm sure there are actual proportions out there somewhere.

 

[disneyhand]

If you store it in a container with a tight lid and some marshmallows it doesn't harden.

 

[mhsjax]

Thanks, this stuff must be really old too. We usually buy small bags and go through it in Oatmeal, bread baking, cookies and coffee. It was in a cannister he found in a cupboard instead of the counter top cannisters.

What is odd to me is that when I buy it in a bag, it really doesn't get hard, But buy it in a box and the stuff gets very hard. I wonder why? I guess maybe the bag holds in moisture, but it is in a bag when you get it in a box too. Maybe a different type of bag. These little things confuse me.

 

[muffyn]

I have read that you can put a sliced apple in a container with it.

but they sell these pottery pieces you soak in water & then put in the bag of brown sugar to soften it. works really well. got mine at a kitchenware store.

 

[nmmom95]

Microwave for a few seconds.