cookingnewbie

What is the proper way to measure brown sugar?

trigatch4

You'll want to pack the brown sugar down fairly tightly into the measuring cup. Tight enough so when you pour it out into the other ingredients it retains the shape of the measuring cup.

nangel78

I usually use my measuring cup, but that helps triga. Thanks for the info!

mtatum4496

Packing is definitely the way to measure brown sugar accurately. I can't think of any recipe I have that does not specifically instruct me to pack the sugar into a measuring cup.

Stephanie2377

Definitely pack it in!!! If you pack it tight enough, it should often slide out as a mound still stuck together (especially if you live somewhere with some humidity) I use a measuring cup and pack it all the way to the upper lip and then smooth it out.

mtatum4496

All this talk about brown sugar has got me to thinking that it is time to dig out my recipe for a toll house pie and whip one up.

Also, while we are on the topic of brown sugar, does anyone have tips on how to soften it up after it has hardened?

Melizzy

And if you're lucky, the little indention on the bottom of the cup is printed in the brown sugar!

jmw

I measure my ingredients in ounces on my kitchen scale. One cup of brown sugar is 8 ounces. No need for all the measuring cups and not all measuring cups are equal.

aridelros

brown sugar is actually refined sugar with the molasses still on. The darker it is the more molasses is present