Easy Homemade Brown Sugar
September 16, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under food, frugal living, money saving idea, recipes
Did you know that you can make your own brown sugar? I had no idea until just recently. I didn’t even know how brown sugar was made.
Making your own brown sugar is the frugal way to go. I’ll admit that sometimes I’ll pay a little more for convenience, but this recipe is so easy that we all can do it!
1 cup white sugar
1-2 tbsp molasses
Use 1 tbsp molasses for light brown sugar and 2 tbsp for dark. Just mix the two ingredients together. How simple is that?
This is really a great recipe for those of you in other countries that can’t find brown sugar. Now you can still have your brown sugar for your oatmeal or you can make your chocolate chip cookies. Enjoy! 
LRN
How do you mix it up? I always have trouble getting things to mix completely. Would you just use a big mixer? Or a spoon and elbow grease?
I’ve heard that mixing it with your hands was the best way. I’ve got plenty of brown sugar right now, but when I need some I’ll try this recipe.
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