It Was Hard As A Rock This Morning

No, of course I knew immediately what you were talking about. If my brown sugar ever gets too hard, I just nuke it for a few seconds in the microwave.

very clever with the title there.

What a con!!!! I had an idea there was some way to prevent hardening (of brown sugar) but I see others have had an answer.

An orange peel or slice of Apple in the bag works. Also, they sell terra cotta discs that you soak in water and then put in the bag. The piece of fruit in the bag softens up already hardened sugar too.

@porwest How about putting it in a food processor and then do what you want with it afterwards.

I just can't think of any solution to your question, because I am a little distracted by the tittle of the post. LOL

i have mine in one of those mason jars with a latch.stays pretty soft. it's usually humidity that rocks it.

Those terracotta discs... work like a charm ;)

Well, I'm certainly glad it wasn't about the other topic of interest to some. My husband has that same problem. He nukes the whole bag each time he needs some. I used to keep it in a veggie drawer in the fridge and I don't remember it getting that hard, so maybe that also helps. Also, a customer recently bought a bag and it was already hard. I mentioned it and she used a piece of bread which I heard years ago will help keep cookies soft. She even puts the bread into a ziploc type bag and then into the container her brown sugar is in and it still keeps it soft enough to use, or so she says. I should get right up and put a piece into a baggie and into the sugar bag and see if it's different the next morning my husband uses it. It would be funny if it was always that simple.

What paigea said works.

I have a full proof method which works every time to soften your hardened item Take the heel piece of some bread (why ruin the other pieces) and put it in with your brown sugar. Make sure you close whatever the sugar is in container or original wrapping. Within a day or two it will soften just like "new."

I keep mine in an airtight container and never have this problem. I have in the past and have thrown it away before from frustration.

They say it is necessary to insert apple crisps, and then the sugar will soften.

Why use brown sugar? I take splenda, or süßle ( a German sweetener).