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Default How Do You Sift Brown Sugar?

"Jenn Ridley" > wrote in message
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> (Fool) wrote:
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> >I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
> >Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
> >best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
> >spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
> >anyone have a better method?

>
> Why would you want to sift brown sugar?
>
> Yes, it is white sugar with molasses added. "True" brown sugar is
> cane sugar that doesn't have all the cane syrup removed. Molasses is
> cane syrup.
>
> You get the lumps out of it by breaking them up with a spoon (if
> they're soft lumps). If they're hard lumps, the general advice for
> dealing with those is to add a wedge of apple or a slice of bread to
> the bag for a day or so...the extra moisture will soften up the lump
> so that you can break it with a spoon. If you're in a hurry, I've had
> reasonable success with spraying the sugar lightly with water and
> putting it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds until the lump softens.
>
>
> jenn
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> Jenn Ridley
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alternatively, if the brown sugar has hardened, you could run it across a
cheese/vegetable shredder.