"Barb" > wrote in message
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> Why do people buy brown sugar? Once I figured out it's just molasses
> and white sugar, I never bought another bag of the stuff.
>
> Want it dark? Add more molasses. Want it light? Add less. Start with 1
> TB molasses per cup of white sugar. It works in pretty easily (or use a
> processor).
>
> Aloha!
>
> Barb
>
In essence your right, however natural brown sugar never had the molasses
taken out let alone put back in. The brown sugar you get in a bag is
usually refined white sugar crystals with a molasses coating added.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sugar
Natural brown sugar is unrefined or partially refined sugar and it is
typically sold in a hard cone which must be grated. Several of our local
grocery stores stock it. It's sold next to huge bins of dried and fresh
chilies of various sorts and it doesn't come in a plastic bag or paper box.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molasses
Example of brown sugar cone.
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/piloncillomexicansugar.htm