Homemade Brown Sugar
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.
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!
Right?! I HATE it when that happens! Hooray for kitchen hacks! 😉
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!
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!
Wow that’s super easy
Sooo easy!
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.
Thanks, Jeff! Yes – it seems like most of us have molasses that we bought for something else but then haven’t used it since!
I’ve never made my own but looks fun! Plus if you use s high quality molasses a bet it’s even better!
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
Right?! SO easy. Thanks, Jo! 😀
I love kitchen hacks like this, it makes me feel so EMPOWERED! 😉
Agreed, Sue!
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!!!”
That’s TOTALLY how I felt, Lisa!!
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.
Thanks, Lucy!! Oh my gosh I feel so stupid I’m just discovering this trick now! Better late than never though, I guess! 😉
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. ❤️❤️❤️
Awwww thanks Angie!!! We’re pretty excited / nervous / anxious / excited ourselves 😉 xoxoxo