- When baking, this is the best, most guaranteed way to get the correct weight the recipe is calling for. Bread, muffins and other baked goods return the best result when you use the exact ingredient amounts.
About Cups
- Don't confuse a drinking cup with a measuring cup. Different countries have different size cups! So it is a really good idea to buy a quality set of measuring cups for accuracy.
Dry Measuring Cups
- Dry measuring cups are used for measuring solid ingredients like flour, oats, sugar, etc.
- Most cup sets come in 4 sizes: 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/2 cup and 1 cup.
Liquid Measuring Cups Measuring
- Liquid measuring cups are used for measuring fluid ingredients like water, milk, oil, etc.
- These usually come in 2 or 4 cup sizes and will measure in ounces, quarts and millilitres, and will have a handle.
Measuring Spoons Abbreviations
- These usually come with at least four spoons.
- The sizes are 1/4 teaspoon, 1/2 teaspoon, 1 teaspoon and 1 Tablespoon.
- Some sets have additional; spoons of 1/8 teaspoon and 1/2 tablespoon.
- One teaspoon = 5 ML.
Abbreviations
- Tsp = teaspoon
- Tbsp = tablespoon
- C = cup
- OZ = ounce
- LB = pound
- G = gram
- ML or M = millitre
Oven Abbreviations
- F = fahrenheit
- C = Celsius
Butter
- 1 cup of butter = 1/2 pound, 8 ounces or 227 grams
- 1/2 cup of butter = 1/4 pound, 4 ounces or 113 grams
- 1/3 cup of butter = 1/6 pound, 1 2/3 ounces or 76 grams
- 1/4 cup of butter = 1/8 pound, 2 ounces or 76 grams
US Butter Sticks:
Dry Ingredients
OZ
.05 oz | Tablespoon
1 Tbsp | Cups
1/16 C | Grams
15 G | Pounds
|
1 oz |
2 Tbsp |
1/8 C |
28 G |
|
2 oz |
4 Tbsp |
1/4 C |
57 G |
|
3 oz |
5 Tbsp |
1/3 C |
85 G |
|
4 oz |
8 Tbsp |
1/2 C |
115 G |
1/4 LB |
8 oz |
16 Tbsp |
1 C |
227 G |
1/2 LB |
12 oz |
24 Tbsp |
1 1/2 C |
340 G |
3/4 LB |
16 oz |
32 Tbsp |
2 C |
455 |
1 LB |
Biscuit & Cookie Crumbs 
Oven Conversions
(This chart gives approximate conversions)
Gas |
Fahrenheit
|
|
1 |
275° |
140° |
2 |
300° |
150° |
3 |
325° |
165° |
4 |
350° |
180° |
5 |
375° |
190° |
6 |
400° |
200° |
7 |
425° |
220° |
9 |
450° | 240° |
For the conversion formula to work out manually, the guide is as follows:
Fahrenheit to Celsius
To convert degrees Fahrenheit to degrees celsius, you will need to subtract 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature, multiply by 5 and then divide by 9.
Celcius to Fahrenheit
To convert degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit, you will need to multiply degrees celsius by 9, divide by 5, and then add 32.
Pan Sizes
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