Holiday baking tip: Substitute for brown sugar
If you're baking and you run out of brown sugar, or you find you don't have quite enough, or if you find you need a little and you don't want to buy a 1-pound package because the rest will just harden in your cabinet, try this: Measure 1 cup of granulated white sugar and add 2 teaspoons molasses. Mix with a fork or an electric mixer. I learned this trick from author Joanne Fluke who writes the Hannah Swensen series of culinary mysteries.