{"id":656,"date":"2019-02-08T21:32:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T02:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteadinginthecity.kleinmartin.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2019-02-09T13:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T18:01:17","slug":"brown-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteadinginthecity.kleinmartin.com\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"Brown sugar"},"content":{"rendered":"

All commercial brown sugar is is molasses and sugar. If you ever need brown sugar and you normally purchase it, that’s good to know. If you have molasses.<\/p>\n

Me, I would rather have sugar and molasses on hand and just use that. But those days you want brown sugar straight, it’s nice to have it on hand.<\/p>\n

But I can’t bring myself to purchase it. We buy molasses by the gallon and sugar in 25# boxes. So, I have started to simply make some in advance.<\/p>\n

Since I recently learned that not everyone knows this, here’s a how to.<\/p>\n

I am going to start with 6 cups of sugar. No reason. I have my two cup measure out, so that’s where I am. Now, I know I am lucky to have have a kitchen aid, and not everyone does. It is 30 years old, though. if you can find one, please consider it. This is still possible, just not as easy.<\/p>\n

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I love playing with molasses. It’s a cool non Newtonian fluid!<\/p>\n

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I can’t say it’s my favorite, because whipped cream, ketchup, and nail polish are all up there.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that’s 2 tablespoons of molasses to six cups of sugar, or 1 teaspoon per cup. Let the mixer work for 6 minutes and viola! Brown sugar! Want it darker, add more. Lighter? Add less. Baking cookies? Remember 1cup + 1tsp to simply add while creaming. And you never need to rely on commercial brown sugar again.<\/p>\n

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