Softening brown sugar

[vilasman]

how do you get brown sugar to soften up and not be as hard as a rock?

 

[texasgirl]

Put a slice of bread in with it and close up for about 30 minutes. Or put it in a ziploc and the slice of bread.

 

[Alix]

A slice of apple works well too. Or you can buy a little clay disk, soak it in water for a while and toss it in your sugar container. It keeps it forever. I keep my brown sugar in Tupperware and it never gets hard.

 

[buckytom]

nuke it for a few seconds. it should soften, but don't do it too long, or it'll start to melt.

 

[jim nehmzow]

We always have an open bag of brown sugar in use. As long as we wrap it with a slice of bread it stays moist.

 

[SillyWabbit]

Just keep it in the plastic bag it came in and place in a larger ziplock bag in the refrigerater and it won't harden up on you anymore.

 

[caliloo]

If it has already gotten hard, I nuke it for just a few seconds. Use it immediately though, it will harden up again.

Alexa

 

[callie]

I have a terrible time keeping brown sugar soft...it is so dry where I live. I've used the slice of bread in the bag trick - it works well. Out of desperation one day, I decided to vacuum pack my brown sugar. It worked great! I just make the food saver bag extra long so that I can cut it open then vacuum pack it again and again.