On 2016-03-21 4:54 AM, Sky wrote:
> On 3/20/2016 12:31 PM, notbob wrote:
>> Making some oaty-meal cookies. Calls fer 1/3 C brn sugar. Arghhh!
>>
>> What brn sugar I have is pretty caked up. So, I jes dumped a buncha
>> lumpy brn sugar into my large wire strainer and used the fine particles
>> that sifted through. I then tossed the reamaining brn sugar rocks in
>> da' trash. I'll buy some new stuff next week.
>
>
> Just last week I read in a cooking magazine (e.g., Cooking Light, Food &
> Wine, Cook's Country, Cook's Illustrated, or Cuisine at Home) that
> keeping a marshmallow or two in with the brown sugar will keep it from
> bricking or getting clumpy. My guess is it works and might be a
> preferable alternative to a slice of bread ;-)
>
>

What's wrong with a piece of bread in the sugar? It works almost like
magic. The bread in my sugar canister sits at the bottom and you don't
see it. You have no trouble digging your way down to it because it does
such a good job of keeping the sugar soft.