Homemade Brown Sugar

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Brown Sugar is one of my favorite baking ingredients. I knew a day would come when I would have to make a homemade version. Actually It’s a very easy blend to make but I never really wanted to bother because I always, always have a bag lying around.

Well during Easter when I wanted to make Hot Cross Buns I found out I had run out. I decided to do without it and just bake with white sugar. Prior to that I had made a quick substitute for brown sugar when I was making these Chocolate Chip Cookie bars. How did I make a quick substitution. I just added a few drops of Molasses (Black Treacle) to the cookie dough while it was mixing. In other words I didn’t have any accurate measurement to share with you guys.

Well I decided to do the experiment today and have an accurate measurement for anyone to use. Brown sugar is made with just 2 ingredients; white sugar and molasses (also known as Black Treacle), and There are 2 types, the light brown variety and the dark brown one. The difference is in the color and quantity of molasses mixed with the white sugar.

Light Brown Sugar has a light brown color and has less molasses in the mix.

Dark Brown sugar has a dark brown color and has more molasses in the mix.

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What recipes can we use brown sugar for?

These are a few of them.

• The filling for Cinnamon rolls
• Banana bread
• Biscoff cookies
• Hot Cross Buns
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Chocolate Chip cookie bars
• Fruit cake

A quick tip to save you some time, make sure to use a food processor ? but if you don’t have one, your God given hands is perfect if you don’t mind getting it messy a bit. Just wash your hands clean or use a food grade hand glove then rub the molasses into the sugar till well combined. And you have your brown sugar light or dark in no time.

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Homemade Brown Sugar

When you run out of a very essential ingredient in your pantry not to worry you can always whip up this easy home made version of it ( Brown Sugar)

Prep Time5 mins

Total Time5 mins

Course: Pantry Staple

Cuisine: mixed

Servings: 1 tsp

Calories: 20kcal

Author: Chichi Uguru

Ingredients

For Light Brown Sugar:

• 1 cup granulated White sugar
• 1.5 Tbsp Molasses

For Dark Brown Sugar:

• 1 cup granulated White sugar
• 4 Tbsp Molasses

Instructions

• Pour White Sugar into the bowl of food processor, Then Pour in the molasses.
• Mix thoroughly until well combined.
• Transfer into an airtight like a mason jar and store in a cool dry place. 

Notes

• You need to use a food processor for this. A hand or Stand mixer won't work.
• Molasses is also known as Black Treacle

For Light Brown Sugar:

For Dark Brown Sugar: