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Ever start making a dessert only to discover your brown sugar is hard as a rock? It's especially frustrating when the treat needs to be ready for a special event, like a birthday party or church bake ...

Don't throw out that rock-hard chunk of sugar — we've got tips to help you salvage it. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a ...

Every home cook has been there: You're getting ready to bake, you reach into your pantry to get your ingredients and you realize your brown sugar is hard as a rock. Don't just toss your brown sugar ...

If you have a day or two, just place a piece of fresh bread in a container with the brown sugar, seal the container, and your brown sugar will soften right up. If you are in a hurry, place the brown ...

We’ve all opened a long-ago purchased box of brown sugar only to find it has turned into a brick. No amount of banging it against the counter will return it to its once supple, wet sand-like texture.

Who among us hasn’t been ready to bake and pulled the brown sugar out, only to find it has turned into a brick? We’re used to many pantry staples lasting months and months with very little or even no ...