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Important information for all baked desserts:
♦ Especially when baking desserts, ingredient weight is of utmost importance for success.
♦ I have become a firm believer in using the metric instead of American measuring system.
♦ When a recipe provides ingredient ‘weight’, that takes precedence over cup-measurements.
♦ If you do not own a kitchen scale, you are encouraged to obtain one.
♦ For those who do not have a kitchen scale, I have weighed the flour and sugar to give you the closest possible measurement by dry and liquid measuring cups.
♦ For those who do not have fluid milliliter measuring cups, I have measured the liquid to give you the closest fluid ounce measurements.
♦ It is also important that when flour is called for, the flour must be sifted, just before it is measured in a measuring cup.
CONVERSION TABLE
Weight of One Large Egg
In Shell: 57 grams/2 oz — Without Shell: 50 grams
White Only: 30 grams — Yolk Only: 20 grams
Butter
1 cup of butter weighs 8 ounces
1 ounce = 28.34 grams, so one cup of butter weighs 227 grams
1/4 cup of butter = 57 g
1/3 cup of butter = 76 g
1/2 cup of butter = 113 g
Flour & → Confectioner’s Sugar Bread Flour
Cups Grams Ounces Cups Grams Ounces
1/8 c = 2 T 16 g .563 oz
1/4 c 32 1.13 1/4 c 34 g 1.2 oz
1/3 c 43 1.5 1/3 c 45 1.6
1/2 c 64 2.25 1/2 c 68 2.4
2/3 c 85 3 2/3 c 90 3.2
3/4 c 96 3.38 3/4 c 102 3.6
1 c 128 4.5 1 c 136 4.8
Sugar – Granulated/White Packed Brown Sugar
Cups Grams Ounces Cups Grams Ounces
2 T 25 g .89 oz 2 T 27.5 g .95 oz
1/4 c 50 1.78 1/4 c 55 1.9
1/3 c 67 2.37 1/3 c 73 2.58
1/2 c 100 3.55 1/2 c 110 3.88
2/3 c 134 4.73 2/3 c 146 5.2
3/4 c 150 5.3 3/4 c 165 5.8
1 c 201 7.1 1 c 220 7.75
Honey, Molasses & Syrup Rolled Oats
Cups Grams Ounces Cups Grams Ounces
2 T 43 g 1.5 oz 1/4 c 21 g .75 oz
1/4 c 85 3 oz 1/3 c 28 1
1/3 c 113 4 oz 1/2 c 43 1.5
1/2 c 170 6 oz 1 c 85 3
2/3 c 227 8 oz
3/4 c 255 9 oz
1 c 340 12 oz
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Small onion = 113 g/ 4 oz or about ½ cup chopped
Medium onion = 227 g/ 8 oz or about 1 cup chopped
Large onion = 340 g/12 oz or about 1½ cups chopped
Jumbo onion = 454 g/ 16 oz or about 2 cups chopped
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There are two different types of measuring cups:
Those for dry ingredients, each size a separate measure. These can be leveled off with the flat edge of a knife for accuracy.
Liquid measuring cups have the sizes written on the glass so that the cook can check the reading at eye level. Some recipes, like those for baked goods, do require exact amounts. It speeds preparation when the largest measure is used. Still it helps to know the breakdowns, as explained in the chart.
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3 teaspoon (tsp) = 1 tablespoon (Tbsp)
2 Tbsp = 1 fluid ounce(fl oz)
4 Tbsp = ¼ cup = 2 fl oz
5 1/3 Tbsp = 1/3 cup
8 Tbsp = ½ cup
½ cup = 4 fl oz
16 Tbsp = 1 cup
2 cups = 1 pint (pt) = 16 fl oz
4 cups = 1 quart (qt) = 32 fl oz
8 cups = 2 qts = ½ gallon (gal)
4 quarts = 1 gal
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