How to Make Brown Sugar
The other day I was getting ready to make some homemade bread dough and wouldn’t you know it, I was out of brown sugar. So I just made my own brown sugar. As I was making it, I thought “why am I doing this? Why don’t I just use some white sugar?” Want to know why I thought this?
Because…
Brown Sugar is simply White Sugar with Molasses. Yep it is. People have been touting that brown sugar is better than white sugar as long as I can remember! It’s simply not true…barely.
This is the process of how to make brown sugar at home. Then I’ll give you a little heads up on how manufacturer’s make brown sugar.
Ingredients:
1 cup White Sugar
1 Tbsp. Molasses
Directions:
Put White Sugar into a blender/processer of any kind.
Then add Molasses ~
Then turn the processer on until well mixed.
That’s it!
So here is the scoop on Brown Sugar….a very SIMPLE definition.
Raw Sugar is brown in color. Manufacturers put this raw sugar through a process that extracts the “brown” which is actually natural molasses! After they do this, they then bleach the raw sugar white. Yes, you read that right…they BLEACH IT.
Then…to make brown sugar they add the molasses back in!
Ok does that even make sense!?
It’s like making “enriched” breads. They extract the already natural ingredients and then put the “enriched” ingredients back in.
Hmmm. Sounds a bit silly to me…and definitely not as healthy. Look for WHOLE grains and such. Just a little side note. Anyway, back to how to make brown sugar.
So bottom line is this. Of course you can make your own brown sugar…BUT…
Sugar is sugar.
Sorry…
Ok two more quick things so that you won’t be too depressed about the whole brown sugar thing…LOL
- Molasses does have some health benefits
- There are brown sugar substitutes
I’ll post about these in the next couple of days.
Enjoy and use wisely.
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Oh wow, what a great idea to make your own brown sugar! There have been so many times when I’ve run out of it right before (or in the middle of!!!) making a recipe but I never thought to do this! Thanks for the tip!!!
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Miz Helen
I don’t make my own brown sugar, but I should… sometimes though, as I am making a recipe, I use white sugar instead of brown… and just dump some molasses in… turns out fine.
I seriously never stopped to think about what it was. WOW! Thanks Shari! Yet again I have learned something from you ( wink wink) 🙂
Hi Shari, I knew that sugar is sugar and just because it’s brown doesn’t mean it’s healthy, but I had no idea that it was possible to make brown sugar at home. Something I’ll remember as I much prefer the taste of brown sugar to white in baking.
Thank you fro sharing what you know.
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Thanks for this, I’ve looked into hoe brown sugar was made some time ago and thought it was weird that they would take out the molasses then put it back in. I too also thought that brown sugar was better until I learnt how it was made, I think most people would be surprised to find this out. Diane @ Mrs U Makes.
Yes! I discovered this once by accident because I had no brown sugar on hand… so I Googled it. Lo and behold… easy to make and simple!
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Wishing you a lovely evening.
xoxo
Stopping by from Thrifty Thursday link party! I never thought about making my own brown sugar, but thank you for this recipe. Can you make this and store it?