How to Measure Ingredients | Allrecipes 

This is wonderful. So many people don't have a clue about the difference in liquid and dry measuring cups. There is a difference folks!

Anybody else have to watch this for class but already knew all of this 😂

Asking permission to use this video for my class. Thank you very much.❤

Outline the tips provided for measuring liquid and dry ingredients: Both: - Liquid and dry measuring cups. - To read cup measurement, place it down so you can see the measurement at eye level. Bending over is required. - Measuring spoons that come in graduating sizes. ⅛ - ¼ - ½ - 1tsp - 1 tbsp Liquid: - Hold the spoon level and pour until the spoon is completely full. - For sticky liquids, apply oil or butter inside the measuring cup. Helps it pour out again when you need to. - For shortening, press it into the cup or spoon. - For butter, there’s already measurements on the packaging so slice where it tells you to. - Don’t pour liquids into the measuring spoon over the top of your measuring bowl. This is to prevent accidental spills which can cause you to have an excess of wanted ingredients. Dry: - Dip in the spoon and level it off with the back of a knife. - Measurement cups come in ¼-⅓-½-1 cup. - Use the dip and sweep method. Dip the cup or spoon into the dry product, then sweep the excess product with the back of the knife. - Flour and should be stirred up before put into the measuring cup or spoon because it gets easily compacted, then level off with the back of a knife. - Powdered sugar should be sifted to avoid lumps. Brown sugar has more moisture, so pack it tightly into the spoon before levelling off.

Thank you for your question, Angelos. We'd recommend measuring 3/4 teaspoon of salt. This would be 1/2 teaspoon plus 1/4 teaspoon. Hope this helps!

I need to watch this for our online class. Hope my friends find my comment😚

Hi, Angela Mesta - If you're measuring lard when it's a solid ingredient, there are a couple of ways to measure it. 1) Use a spatula and pack the lard into a dry measuring cup so the lard is even with the top of the cup and there are no air holes, 2) use a kitchen scale and measure by weight (8 ounces = 1 cup), or try this trick: If you need 1 cup of lard, fill a 2 cup measuring with 1 cup of water and add scoops of lard until the waterline reaches 2 cups. They you have 1 cup of lard. Drain off the water and the lard is ready to use.

Hi Adam - 1 pint is 2 cups or 16 ounces. For metric conversion, you can click through on the recipe link in the video description. Every recipe includes a metric converter tool. One pint is equal to about 450 grams. Hope this helps!

Is the butter used in the recipe as a solid or melted, Betina Aronda? Use the dry measurement if it's a solid, and the liquid measuring cup if it's melted.

As a slef proclaimed chef learning to measure ingredients is a must 😋

You are welcome. Usually, a recipe will specify if you need to firmly pack brown sugar. For example, it would call for "1 cup packed brown sugar". Otherwise, you can measure the sugar without tightly packing it. Happy baking.

According to America's Test Kitchen, measuring by volume even precisely produces a 20% difference in variation. "In baking, that's the difference between a flat cookie and one that will rise." Cooks in the olden days have been using scales way before measuring cups. Measuring cups and spoons are a fairly new invention. The reason we still use them is because American cookbooks prefer them *for some reason.* For general cooking, they're ok but for precise cooking and baking, I go with the scale.

As a little experiment, the last time I made bread I measured out a cup of flour three times. Each time the weight was different. The first was 130 grams, the second 120 grams and the third 144 grams! Not surprising really as it depends on how compacted the flour is. The level of relative moisture will impact on the amount too. It baffles us in Ireland why the States uses such an inaccurate method in baking where, as the video states, precision is vital. Moreover, have a good set of scales and that is all you need: all those cups can go, freeing up space in your kitchen and reducing your washing up!

Don't know which is easier, algebra or culinary measurements. 😋 But I will buy a set of all the spoons and cups.

2:22 nice pouring really went into the spoon

Worldwide #NotAllMeasuringCupsAreTheSame - so if the recipe is in 'cups' make sure you know what size cup.

I had to watch this video as an online assignment in 2020

@chalaca82 Glad we were able to help! Happy Cooking!

Hello, yasmine djeribi - We're happy to answer your questions. You can measure 1/8 teaspoon by using half the amount of 1/4 teaspoon. There are 227 grams in 1 cup of dry ingredients.

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Thanks for your question. You can try ordering them online :)

What do you mean by opened pdts? Can you clarify your question so we can better help you?

Very useful video. Most American cookbooks call for "cups" when measuring dry ingredients such as flour, sugar... So I figure to get myself a good set of stainless steel measuring cup, however I found some sets say 1 cup = 236ml and some 240ml marked on the handle so I really have no idea which one to go for??

What about using grams?

One more thing to add is how to measure less than 1/4 tsp. You can use a pinch, dash or drop.

What's the problem with americans and scales? Weighting ingredients is so much easier and accurate. Bakery is precision and accuracy

For 1 cup of cream lard, which Measuring cup would you use? The dry cup? or not?

What about butter? The butter that we have doesnt come with measurements we also dont have a kitchen scale so should I use the dry or liquid measuring cup?

What cups do you measure for 1 3/4 cups?

How many grams is 1 stick of butter? Here is 227g. Is it the same with other countries? Because i have a recipe that calls for 1 stick of butter (didn't say how many grams). So i'm kind of confused here. Thx for your help :)

A buckwheat bun recipe uses the term dl. After all of its ingredients not cups or grams or table spoons (tbl.) But dl. Any ideas would like to try the recipe.

Thanks very much! :)

Does anyone know how much a cup of Gold Medal Self Rising Flour weigh? I see 4 oz and 5 oz for flour measurements on the internet. I also don’t know if flour I am using is different from an all purpose flour. Can someone please help. Need to make cookies tonight and recipe calls for 1 cup of all purpose which I do not have.

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Nice video. Really helped a lot :)

Thanks! Learned a lot here.

Hello Dear i'm running channel to channel hoping someone gives correct way to measure butter PLEASE HELP ME. Our Butters just come in 500gm packs and no tablespoon marks are there as shown in ur videos so how are we suppose to measure correctly in cups is it have o be cold cut in cubes filled in dry measuring cup or how ?

Wow! This helped SO MUCH! Thank a lot!!! You have no idea ^^ I have a question though, for brown sugar if i were to put it in a dry measuring cup would i have to press it down so it more compact?

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do you have closed captioning available?

Which size cup is use for half kg sponge cake

1 1/4 cup all purpose flour is 1 cup+1/4 cup?

Really useful...I am confusing abt seaseme seeds measurements. ..100 gms filled in one cup of 250 gms..suppose we dont have any idea of opened pdts..then how can we measure

I'm American, and agree, flour and other ingredients like it should be measured by weight

Hi i live in the netherlands and its very hard to find measuring cups and spoons here. Lucky enough i have found the cups but i cant find the tablespoons can anyone tell me were you can buy those.

Thanks, this helped so much! :)

very nice, but in truth i love the eurpean measuring methode, wich goes by gram and didnt have diverent sizes of cups... u dont need a universe of tools only kitchen libra, thats all...

Really helpful video, but i would like to know where i can order those spoons and cups? Thanks for sharing. #instalike

Please answer. How many grams of 2 (.25 ounces) dry yeast. I need ur answer :(

How much is 2 1/8

Thanks for video

What should you do to 10X ?

i need 1pint of milk so 1pint of milk equal 2cups . can i use dry measuring cup to measure it or u sacrifice my money to buy a liquid measuring cup

My mom wrote on her recipe, "3 quarters of tsp. salt" in her recipe. What does this mean? Is it a 1/4 teaspoon filled three times into the mixing bowl? No one seems to know the answer and she is no longer alive for me to ask. Please could you or anyone help answer this question.

what is 1/3 cup of butter in tablespoons

Same procedure for coarse ingredients like old-fashioned oats?

i dont have 1/8 teaspoons and how grms are in 1 cup fo dray ingrediants and thank you

You say that baking is science. Accuracy counts. And still you're measuring dry ingredients with measuring cups. Now how inaccurate is that? The only way to measure dry ingredients correctly is by using a scale. That way you are not dependent on how packed the dry ingredients are.

How do u measure flour

How to measure 2 1/4 cup of flour?

how do I measure 2/3 oil in a plastic measuring cup?

great video

Tks

What does 1 1/2 Cups of sugar mean? Does it mean 1/2 cup or 1 cup and a 1/2 cup??

that was an cool video

A cup with a spout and handle.Hmmmmm so its a JUG LOL

How do I measure 125 grams of butter with a measuring cup?

I really don't understand Americans and their bizarre system of measuring. Baking requires accuracy in the measurement of the ingredients, and you can't possibly achieve this with volumetric measurements. Example: A cup of 'packed' brown sugar. How firmly are you supposed to pack it? One cook's packed cup could easily weigh more or less than another cook's. 200 grams of sugar weighed on a scale, on the other hand, is 200 grams no matter who measures it. This is by far the better system of the two for recipes where the right amount of an ingredient is crucial to the success of the recipe.

had to watch this because of facs class

how do u measure in CC's?????

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Question: I'm in the UK, and I bought a set of measuring cups to use for American recipes. Being on this side of the Atlantic where everything is metric, the 1 cup measure is marked as 240 ml. This equals just under 8½ fluid ounces, so if I measure slightly less than one cup, can these cups still be used successfully for American recipes? For reference, these are the cups I have: www.amazon.co.uk/Tala-piece-Kitchen-Measuring-Set/dp/B000TAU3JE

Not all the methods are accurate according to what FCS teaches. You would not teach beginner students to use the back of a sharp knife to level for instance, instead a spatula or table knife that is flat. We also try to teach the 4 standard measuring cups and spoons so they don't depend on the the nonstandard sizes or get stuck not knowing how to combine fractions. It is good to encourage using fractions. Also FCS teaches to use an oiled or sprayed liquid cup for sticky liquids like honey instead of a dry cup. Another topic to address would be measuring textured ingredients (oatmeal and chips) by leveling by hand. We also don't pack brown sugar by hand- but using the container itself, then leveling. Other than that, it was quick and would prove useful for a review on measuring. Thanks!

omg all this just to measure. just buy a scale.

this the most painful shit

or get scales, ffs America. Get some kitchen scales so you don't need 90% if all these redundant measuring tools.

If you used metric there would be no need for any of these videos. Youcant get anymore accurate than grams

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OMG I MEASURE MY DRY ITEMS IN THE MEASURING CUP,,but it turns out 👌 so whateves

cooking class............

Requirement for accurate measurement and usage of measuring cups is an oxymoron. Start using scales, it is easy and accurate.

hello students im also here to watch for class T_T

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Why isn't this captioned

the people in the comment section are so rude not every country measures stuff the same if you want kitchen scales get your fucking kitchen scales no need to be rude jeez and i'm not even american

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Im here bc of my tle subject

Im here because of class just like the most of us

Anyone in Bolton’s class?

Who came here from a tle teacher

and im following Allrecipes on instagram

Here because of a class but we all know this stupid atuff

3:00 This is *SO WRONG.* This method varies by as much as 20 grams no matter how careful you are. _The back of the knife pushes the fine flour down._ Use a kitchen scale. 130 grams is a cup. *EVERY TIME.*

Aw man i love this bitch thank you!

cooking class anyone?

are we all here for school?