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Every home cook has been there: You're getting ready to bake, you reach into your pantry to get your ingredients and you realize your brown sugar is hard as a rock. Don't just toss your brown sugar ...

Don't throw out that rock-hard chunk of sugar — we've got tips to help you salvage it. But too often, you reach for the canister and discover a solid brick of brown sugar, or a pile of little rocks.

If you have a day or two, just place a piece of fresh bread in a container with the brown sugar, seal the container, and your brown sugar will soften right up. If you are in a hurry, place the brown ...

Don't throw out that rock-hard chunk of sugar — we've got tips to help you salvage it. Stacey Ballis is a novelist, cookbook author, and food writer with 20 years of experience. She has authored a ...