Keeping your brown sugar in a sealed plastic bag with a slice of bread will allow the sugar to pull in moisture and soften.

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.

Brown sugar is white sugar coated with molasses. When air hits it, the moisture in the molasses evaporates, and the brown sugar gets hard. Store brown sugar in an airtight container that's not too big ...

Brown sugar doesn’t always behave. One day it’s perfectly soft and scoopable; the next, it’s a solid, unyielding block. Why does this happen, and how should you store brown sugar to avoid hard lumps?

Brown sugar can dry out easily, causing it to be hard and clumpy. Restore moisture to hardened brown sugar by warming it in the microwave with a damp paper towel. Prevent brown sugar from hardening by ...

The good news for fairweather bakers with old bags of brown sugar is that "brown sugar can be stored indefinitely as long as ...