On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:22:27 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 1:13:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-03-20 6:20 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> >> Just about any white or whole wheat. It works miracles. I have a
>> >> half slice of bread in my tupperware sugar canister that I put in
>> >> there years ago. I rarely even use the regular brown sugar except
>> >> for baking, but it is always soft and moist. I keep a piece about
>> >> two inches square in the small pot I keep the demererra in and it
>> >> stays nice and moist.
>> >
>> > I think a lot depends on the relative humidity of your location. It
>> > averages about 70% over here so we don't have this problem.
>> >
>>
>> Not to pick nits or anything, but the bread really does work, and it
>> works like magic. It is quite humid around here in the summer, so we
>> never have to worry about brown sugar hardening in the spring, summer
>> and early fall. Winter air is dry, so brown sugar will harden in
>> storage..... but not if you stick a piece of bread in with it.
>
>I've heard of this trick before. Unfortunately, I've never gotten a chance to use it.

I do that when my brown sugar gets rock-hard. The next day it's like
new.

Doris