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"Peggy" > wrote in message
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> "Jenn Ridley" > wrote in message
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> > (Fool) wrote:
> >
> > >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
> > --
> > Jenn Ridley
> >
>
> alternatively, if the brown sugar has hardened, you could run it across a
> cheese/vegetable shredder.
>
or you could always throw it away. Is it really worth all that effort?. I
don't think so.
Jim