No more last-minute trips to the store for sugar because you can make your OWN Homemade Brown Sugar with just two ingredients and just two minutes!
Phew, what a week! It's been an amazing whirlwind of family, friends, and love this past week as my mom and brother were in town for our Baby Shower BBQ! It's been a wonderful but crazy and exhausting week, to say the least. This preggo is beat.
So I bring you one of the fastest, easiest, oh-my-god-how-did-I-not-know-about-this-sooner recipes to date. Homemade Brown Sugar.
Ingredients Needed
2. Two. Dos. That's IT. Does it get any easier?!
- Sugar - White granulated sugar
- Molasses
Step-by-Step Instructions
SO. Soooooo easy. Ok the hardest thing? Pulling out your food processor.
Then you just add the sugar and the molasses.
Blend.
And DONE.
I know what you're thinking because I thought the same thing when I realized you could make your own Homemade Brown Sugar! It's only 2 ingredients - and 2 ingredients we always have in the house! All the times I've run to the store because I ran out or forgot brown sugar... What a waste of time that'll never happen again!
Have no fear, friends. As long as you keep a jar of molasses in your fridge and have some white sugar on hand, you'll never have to make a last-minute brown sugar run again!
Light or Dark Brown Sugar
This recipe is for Dark Brown Sugar. For Light Brown Sugar (which is really just sugar with a more subdued molasses flavor) just means adding fewer molasses. That's it - another reason why this recipe is so great, it can be customizable to whatever you need!
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Homemade Brown Sugar
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
Instructions
- Add sugar and molasses to food processor. Blend until molasses are all incorporated.
- Store in an airtight container or plastic bag.
Christine | Mid-Life Croissant
This is such a total and complete life changer because I NEVER finish a bag of brown sugar before it gets all rock hard. And I would never in a million years have thought I could make my own. Fabulous!
Tracy
Right?! I HATE it when that happens! Hooray for kitchen hacks! 😉
Julie at Hostess At Heart
This is definitely a keeper! I have a thing with brown sugar. I either have 4 bags or 0! Maybe this tip will keep my brown sugar obsession under control!
Tracy
Hahaha I did the SAME thing, Julie! I'd remember I needed it for something and then I'd buy way too much just to be sure! Then of course when I really need it, I wouldn't have any on hand. Ha!
Archana
Wow that's super easy
Tracy
Sooo easy!
Jeff @ Make It Like a Man!
Thanks! I've heard of this before, but had never seen it. As you suggest, I do have molasses in the pantry. I wind up buying it for some reason, and then the remainder of the jar sits there for ... probably years. This would be a great way to use it up.
Tracy
Thanks, Jeff! Yes - it seems like most of us have molasses that we bought for something else but then haven't used it since!
Matt @ Plating Pixels
I've never made my own but looks fun! Plus if you use s high quality molasses a bet it's even better!
Just Jo
Daaaamn, that's easy! I sort of knew you could do this but I've never seen photographic evidence before lol. am so going to do this myself thanks for sharing!:D
Tracy
Right?! SO easy. Thanks, Jo! 😀
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
I love kitchen hacks like this, it makes me feel so EMPOWERED! 😉
Tracy
Agreed, Sue!
Lisa | Garlic + Zest
I never thought to do this, but it makes so much sense. I have molasses in my cupboard that I almost never use -- but I am forever buying brown sugar. This is a Homer Simpson moment: "D'oh!!!"
Tracy
That's TOTALLY how I felt, Lisa!!
Lucy
Congrats on your pregnancy! This brown sugar looks perfect--no clumps! It's such a neat trick, isn't it? I discovered it last year when I was out of brown sugar. Now I never worry about it.
Tracy
Thanks, Lucy!! Oh my gosh I feel so stupid I'm just discovering this trick now! Better late than never though, I guess! 😉
Angie | Fiesta Friday
What do you mean, homemade brown sugar?! Whaaaat??? You're so smart! And you're preggo?! Why wasn't I informed earlier? CONGRATULATIONS, Tracy! I'm so happy and excited for you. ❤️❤️❤️
Tracy
Awwww thanks Angie!!! We're pretty excited / nervous / anxious / excited ourselves 😉 xoxoxo