MEASURES AND CONVERSION REFERENCE

1 dash = 1/16 teaspoon
1 pinch = 1/8 teaspoon
1/2 tablespoons = 1 1/2 teaspoons
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons OR 1/2 fluid ounce
1/8 cup = 2 tablespoons OR 1 fluid ounce
1/4 cup = 4 tablespoons OR 2 fluid ounces
1/3 cup = 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoons OR 2 2/3 fluid ounces
3/8 cup = 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons
1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons OR 4 fluid ounces
2/3 cup = 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons OR 5 1/3 fluid ounces
5/8 cup = 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons
3/4 cup = 12 tablespoons OR 6 fluid ounces
7/8 cup = 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons
1 cup = 16 tablespoons OR 8 fluid ounces = 1/2 pint
4 cups = 2 pints = 1 quart = 32 fluid ounces
16 cups = 8 pints = 4 quarts = 1 gallon 

Common Ingredient Weights

Apples, peeled: 1 cup sliced = 4oz / 1 cup diced = 3oz
Baking Soda or Baking Powder: 1 teaspoon = 5 grams 
Bananas, mashed: 1 cup = 8oz/1 small banana = about 1/3 cup mashed

Butter

1 cup = 2 sticks = 16 tablespoons = 1/2 pound = 8oz/227g
3/4 cup = 1-1/2 sticks = 12 tablespoons = 6oz/170g 
2/3 cup = 10 tablespoons+2 teaspoon = 5.3oz/150g 
1/2 cup = 1 stick = 8 tablespoons = 4oz/113g
1/3 cup = 5 tablespoons+1 teaspoon = 2.7oz/75g 
1/4 cup = 1/2 stick = 4 tablespoons = 2oz/57g
2 tablespoons = 1/4 stick = 1oz/28g
1.5 tablespoons = .75oz/21g
1 tablespoon = 1/8 stick = .5oz/14g
Chocolate: 8oz/227g chopped = 3/4 cup plus 2T melted 
Chocolate, Morsels or Chopped: 1 cup = 6 oz/175 g
Cocoa Powder, unsweetened (natural or dutch procesed): 1T = 5g; ¼ cup = 20g; 1/3c = 26.7g; 2/3c = 53.3g; 1 cup = 80g 

Cornstarch: 2T = .5oz/14g

Dairy

Milk (whole, 2%, 1%, nonfat & buttermilk), Sour Cream, Yogurt: 
1 cup = 8 fluid oz/242g
1/3 cup = 2.65 fluid oz/80g
1 tablespoon = .5 fluid oz/15g
Cream (heavy or whipping)
1 cup = 8 fluid oz/232 g
1/3 cup = 2.75 fluid oz/77.3g
1 tablespoon = .5 fluid oz/14.5g

Egg, large, out of shell: 1 whole = 1.75oz/50g = about 1T yolk and 2T white
Egg White, large: 1 1/4oz/30g = about 2T
Egg Yolk, large: 1/2-2/3oz/20-25g = about 1- 1.5T

Flour, spooned and leveled, unsifted:

All-Purpose Flour

1 cup = 4.25oz/120g
1 tablespoon = 1/4 oz = 7.5g
1/4 cup = 1.25 oz = 30g
1/3 cup = 1.5 oz = 40g
1/2 cup = 2.5 oz = 60g
2/3 cup = 3.25 oz = 79.5g
3/4 cup = 3.5 oz = 90g
1 cup = 4.25 oz = 120g

Bread flour

1 cup = 4.5oz/128; 1T = 8g

Cake flour

1 tablespoon = 7g
1/4 cup = 1 oz = 28g
1/3 cup = 37g
1/2 cup =  2 oz = 56g
2/3 cup = 74g
3/4 cup = 3 oz = 84g
1 cup = 4 oz = 112g

Honey: 1T = .75oz; 1 cup = 12oz

Oil: 1 cup = 7.5 oz/212 g

Sugar

Granulated white

1 cup = 7oz/200g
2⁄3 cup = 4.73oz/134g
1T = 12.5g

Confectioners’ Sugar (powdered):
1 cup = 4oz/120g; 1T = 7.5g

Light/Dark Brown, packed:
1 cup = 7.5oz/213g
Vegetable Shortening: 1/4 cup = 1.75 oz 

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