unhardening brown sugar

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"Daniel Moore" asked:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Place the core of an apple into the plastic bag with the sugar and seal... in a day or two the sugar
will be soft.

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I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Some time in the microwave will usually return it to granular form. And then some moist bread/soaked
tera cota (even a slice of apple) in the container later to keep the humidity up.

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Daniel Moore said:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Microwave it, but be careful. The difference between mortar and brown sticky soup is only a few
seconds. Place it in a plastic bad with a moistened paper towel. Nuke it for 30 seconds; poke it
with a fork. Nuke for another 30; poke. Keep at it until it starts to soften. Then reduce the nuking
time to 15 seconds between pokes. Then 5 seconds.

I've heard of the apple core trick to prevent re-mortaring, but I use a heavy zip-lok bag which
works for me.

--Lia

Daniel Moore said:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

The quickest way, if you need it for a recipe, is to grate it with a box or flat grater.

It keeps quite well in a tightly sealed glass jar with some type of moisture-holding item (slice of
apple or one of those terra cotta shapes you pre-soak in water.)

gloria p

Daniel Moore said:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Put it in a canister and toss in a piece of stale bread.

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Daniel Moore said:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Put it in a canister and toss in a piece of stale bread.

This works quite well, but I prefer to use a piece of fresh bread.

Sugar is naturally hydroscopic, meaning that it attracts and holds moisture. If you put in something
moist with less sugar, i.e. bread, the bread will become stale but the sugar will soften.

--Erica

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Daniel Moore said:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar
I could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Put it in a canister and toss in a piece of stale bread.

This works quite well, but I prefer to use a piece of fresh bread.

Sugar is naturally hydroscopic, meaning that it attracts and holds moisture. If you put in
something moist with less sugar, i.e. bread, the bread will become stale but the sugar
will soften.

--Erica

For that reason, then, it probably works better than a piece of apple.

Wayne

Daniel Moore said:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Put it into a container you can seal tightly. Add a slice of bread and close the container. Every
day or so change the slice of bread. You can put the 'used' bread in the compost pile or make
breadcrumbs from it.

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Quoted message said:

I bought a 1-lb. box of C&H brown sugar that, it turns out, is hard as a rock. A little mortar I
could build a brick wall. Any technique to soften and re-granulate it?

Microwave for a few seconds.

Michael

I prefer a thin slice of oange peel...

Just a Jeanie

A piece of bread in a bag of brown sugar will keep it soft.