All you need is 2 ingredients and 5 minutes to make your own brown sugar at home. This recipe for a brown sugar substitute makes 1 cup (firmly packed) and can be halved, doubled, tripled, or quadrupled! I include notes to make either light or dark variations. Recipe even includes a video!
1Tablespoonunsulphured molassesincrease to 2 Tablespoons of molasses if you would like to make dark brown sugar
Instructions
Combine sugar and molasses in a mixing bowl.
1 cup granulated sugar, 1 Tablespoon unsulphured molasses
Use a spatula to work the ingredients together as well as you can. Use the spatula to press any lumps against the side of the bowl and smash them out.
Continue to mix until no lumps remain and the brown sugar is uniform in color.
Store in an airtight container.
Video
Notes
Storing
Air will dry out the brown sugar and make it hard, so for best results store in an airtight container. I like to store mine in a Ziploc bag and press out as much of the excess air as I possibly can. Brown sugar will keep for months, if not longer.
What to do if your brown sugar hardens:
If you go to use your brown sugar and find it has hardened, place a slice of bread with the sugar for several hours in the container, the sugar will soften.