This works realllllllly good!!!! Have used it for years.

I have the brown bear disc as well. I think it is just terra cotta clay fired. I wonder if a flower pot chip would work the same, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

I didn't read all of the thread but you need a "Sugar Bear". It's a clay un-glazed bear that you "bury" in your brown sugar. The instructions are on the pkg of how to prepare the bear. I've had mine for years and love him!

I use bread, however, I use the heel of the bread - usually never eaten, just discarded and it works quite well So what are we going to bake?

I also have had the bear disk for years and the sugar is always soft

It does! Same with cookies, I like my chocolate chip cookies soft and DH likes them crunchy, so I put a slice of bread in with some of them (in a different container) and mine stay soft and chewy! Always have a piece of bread in my brown sugar in the summer time.

I think that I have done every way possible to keep brown sugar from getting hard. A couple of months ago I thought what if I put it in the freezer. I used a Rubber Maid snap lid container. When I want some brown sugar I take it from the freezer and it thaws in a just a few minutes and it is never hard. It really works!!!

I put a slice of bread in my canister and haven't had a problem just lay the bread on top of sugar i too buy the big bag at Sam's

My grama and mom did too! And it does work!

Gramma was right! I do it and even keep cookies soft that way. ( good if you like your cookies soft)