18 Amazing DIY Hacks That Will Make You Feel Like a Total Genius

Use a piece of bread to soften brown sugar

That rock-hard brown sugar won’t do you much good when you’re trying to make your famous gingerbread recipe.

If you know you’ll need to bake with brown sugar soon and it’s too hard to use, stick a piece of bread in with the sugar overnight and leave the two in a sealed plastic bag.

By morning, the bread should have absorbed the moisture that’s causing the sugar to stick.