Uses for Orange Peels – Keep Brown Sugar Soft!

What do brown sugar and orange peels have in common? Absolutely NOTHING! BUT, when you place an orange peel inside the bag of brown sugar, guess what happens? NO MORE hardening!

So how does this work?

Brown sugar tends to harden once you open the bag, because each little sugar particle is coated in molasses. The molasses keeps the sugar soft and malleable. When the air meets the molasses, the moisture that has been locked in by the molasses – evaporates! This leaves you with hardened brown sugar!

Toss in a semi-dried orange peel and this keeps the moisture IN. It stores the moisture and will soften the sugar in less than 2 hours. Pretty cool!