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I keep a brown sugar bear in the brown sugar container. It works very well.

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Man, do i ever feel stupid for not thinking of this! I was trying to make cookies the other day, and in desperation ended up putting my "brick" of sugar into the food processor :(

What if you don't have a microwave?

I chipped off some chunks last time, then mashed them with my mortar and pestle. However I thereby discovered that my mortar and pestle (from india) shed stone dust... ick.

sphinxie- click on the link in the post (10 tips from TipNut). There's a tip about putting in a very low oven for a few minutes, which I would assume might have the same effect as the microwave.

I've placed a slice of an apple inside a bag of brown sugar (keep in the fridge of course) and that kept it nice & moist. I can't remember where I heard of it??

If you're going to use it up right away, you can smack the bag on the counter to break up the brick then food process it. It'll re-brick again though if you don't use it immediately, but it does work.

I keep my brown sugar double bagged, and then stuck inside a Tupperware canister. I learned to do this when I lived on the gulf coast, where the heat and humidity can destroy your pantry supplies very quickly.