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    Home » Recipes » Dairy-free

    Published: Jun 18, 2012 · Modified: Feb 29, 2020 by alexandra · This post may contain affiliate links

    DIY Brown Sugar

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    Ever find yourself in the middle of a recipe, suddenly realizing that you're missing an ingredient? Sometimes that means your out of luck, and you better get yourself off to the grocery store, but sometimes there's a way around it. Since the one time I ran out of brown sugar mid-recipe and used this substitute, I haven't looked back. It's been homemade brown sugar all the way, from that point on, because making your brown sugar is really that easy. And really, it just doesn't seem worth it to pay for brown sugar when you can make it yourself in a couple of minutes with two basic ingredients: granulated sugar and molasses. The result will be rich, soft, ready-to use brown sugar just like you buy in the store (but better!)

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    If you're still buying brown sugar at the grocery store, stop! It takes two ingredients and a few minutes to make you're own fresh, lovely golden brown sugar.

    • Yield: 6 ½ cups brown sugar, loose 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 4 cups granulated sugar
    • ⅜ cup unsulphured molasses (6 tablespoons)

    Instructions

    1. Add molasses to sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer*. Beat together until molasses is evenly dispersed through the sugar, making it the color of brown sugar**.
    2. Store in an airtight plastic bag with all of the air pushed out before sealing.

    Notes

    *You can also use a bowl and fork and mix the brown sugar by hand, but you'll want to do a smaller quantity at once.

    **It might be my imagination, but my homemade brown sugar seems to look a little orange from the molasses when I first make it; then the colors seems to become normal after a few hours.

    ***In case you're trying to do the math, the ratio of sugar to molasses here is 1 cup of sugar to 1 ½ tablespoons molasses. If you want your brown sugar to be darker, just add a bit more molasses.

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    1. Kath says

      December 13, 2012 at 7:17 pm

      where do you get molasses from?

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      • alexandra says

        December 13, 2012 at 8:42 pm

        You can find molasses at the grocery store in the baking aisle, or you can buy it online. The grocery store typically sells small jars, but online you can find a big jug that will last you forever.

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    2. Chocolate Lady says

      December 06, 2012 at 3:32 pm

      OK...I think I may have just bought my last bag of brown sugar after reading this. Problem of the day for my homeschooled kiddos will be to calculate the cost savings we'll earn by making our own. Thanks!

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      • alexandra says

        December 06, 2012 at 8:07 pm

        I stopped buying it completely! And as much as this will make me sound like some sort of sugar fiend (I promise I'm not!), if you buy the sugar and molasses in bulk-size it really saves money!

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    3. Anna says

      August 21, 2012 at 8:45 pm

      I didn't know you could do it! I rarely use 'real' sugar and tend to use stevia most of the time. I could *technically* make brown stevia if a recipe called for brown sugar.,. hmmm

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      • brighteyedbaker says

        August 24, 2012 at 11:25 am

        I suppose you could make your own brown stevia! Go for it. :)

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    4. Rafaella says

      July 12, 2012 at 3:20 pm

      Wow! I never thought about it...
      Thank you for this wonderful tip... I'm gonna try it very soon.

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      • brighteyedbaker says

        July 14, 2012 at 6:32 pm

        You're welcome! I never used to think about it either, but once I did it once, it just became something that I make rather than buy. It only takes a few minutes and it's so easy. Plus, it works!

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    5. Heidi @ Food Doodles says

      June 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm

      Love this! I had to do this the other day because I ran out(or couldn't find) my brown sugar. I think I might just start doing this all the time!

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      • brighteyedbaker says

        June 21, 2012 at 2:49 pm

        Once you do it once, it just seems practical to keep doing it; it's so easy, fast, and effective!

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    6. Sandra Rose says

      June 19, 2012 at 1:08 pm

      I agree with you. This is easy to make, but even better is how well it keeps. It never hardens!

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      • brighteyedbaker says

        June 19, 2012 at 3:15 pm

        Very true :)

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