How to Make Brown Sugar

5 from 1 vote

Homemade brown sugar is so easy that once you learn how to make it, you’ll never go back to store bought again. Perfect in a pinch, or as your new go to!

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: homemade diy

Cuisine: American

Keyword: How to Make Brown Sugar, Make your own Brown Sugar

Servings: lbs

Calories: 1953kcal

Author: Karrie

Ingredients

5 lbs bag of granulated white sugar
12 oz jar of molasses

Instructions

Mix together to make dark brown sugar.
How to store: It should be stored in an airtight container. If stored properly, it should keep up to two years.

Notes

Want to Make a Smaller Batch?

Light Brown Sugar

1 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp molasses

Mix together to make light brown sugar.

Dark Brown Sugar

1 cup granulated sugar
3 1/2 tsp OR 1 tbsp molasses

Mix together to make dark brown sugar.

Commercial brown sugar recipes have a 3.5% molasses to sugar ratio by volume for light brown sugar and 6.5% ratio for dark brown sugar. So this is the closest measurement to that.

A food processor or electric mixer makes this recipe easier to mix. You could also do it with two spatulas or even mix it up with your hands!

If your brown sugar goes hard, you can toss a slice of bread into the container to soften it up. You can also soften brown sugar by microwaving it in 20 second increments covered with a moist paper towel.

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