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Food weights.

Source of Recipe

A little of every where.


Recipe Introduction

(incomplete) Crumbs
Bread, White: 1 slice = ½ cup soft crumbs; ¼ cup fine dry crumbs
Chocolate or vanilla wafers: 20 to 22 cookies = about 1 cup crumbs
Graham crackers: 7 squares = ½ cup finely crushed crumbs

Meats
Ground beef (raw): 2 C tightly packed equals 1 pound, or 1 pound = 2 ¾ cups, cooked and crumbled
Ground meat, 3 C loosely packed equals 3 cups
Ham (diced): 1 pound = 3 cups
Ham (ground): 1 pound = 2 cups

Chicken (boneless breasts): ¾ pound = 2 cups cooked and cubed
Chicken (whole): 3 ½ pounds = 3 cups cooked and cubed

DAIRY;

MILK;

Sweet milk, 1 C equals 1 C sour milk + 1 tsp baking soda
Sour milk

Cream, 1 cup = 2-21/2 cups whipped
Butter: 1 pound = 2 cups

Cheese (shredded): 4 ounces = 1 cup
Cheese, 1 pound grated=4-5 cups
Cheese (cottage): 1 pound = 2 cups

Eggs

Whites: 1 cup = 8 large; 10 to 11 medium; 11 to 12 small
Whole: 1 cup = 5 large; 6 medium; 7 small
Yolks: 1 cup = 12 large; 13 to 14 medium; 15 to 16 small
a large egg weighs 1.7 oz and are scaled in commercial baking.

Vegetable

FRUIT;

Apples dried, 1 pound =5 C

Candied fruit peel, 1 pound = 3 C

Dates, 1 pound = 2 C

Raisins, 2 ½ C equals 1 pound

Fruit juice;


Juice, 1 lemon = 2-3 tablespoons
Orange, 1 medium orange = ½ C juice

NUTS;

Almonds, 1 pound shelled = about 3 C

Brazil nuts, 1 pound shelled = 3 C

Pecans, 1 pound shelled = about 3 C

Walnuts, 1 pound shelled = about 4 C

chopped nuts, 1 C=1/4 pound, or 3 C coarsely chopped =1 pound

Beans

Beans (dried): 1 pound = 2 cups uncooked, or 6 cups cooked
beans, baby limas=2 cups or 5-6 cups cooked
Beans (canned): 15-ounce can = 1 2/3 cups drained

Pasta: 1 cup, raw = 2 cups cooked, or 8-9 oz package equals 4-5 C cooked

Rice, 1 cup, (7 oz + 200 grams) = 3-4 cups cooked, or

Sugar

Brown sugar, 1 pound = 2 ¼ C
Confectioners, 1 pound= 3 ½ C
Granulated white, I pound=2 C
Powdered, 1 pound= 2 1/3 C or 4 ½ oz or 125 grams

Flour

Flour, measure using the spoon and level method. Spoon flour into measuring cup and brush off excess with a spatula or knife. equals 4.25 ounces, or use a scale. 1 pound=4 C or .453 grams (sifted)
2 T flour equals 1 T cornstarch for thickening
Cake flour, 1 pound=4 1/2 C, 1 3/4C all purpose flour equals 2 C cake flour (approximate)
Coconut flour, 4 C=4 1/2 oz or 125 grams
Rice flour, 1 C =7 oz or 200 grams

Spices;

BAKING;

Shortening, 2 T = 1 oz

Liquids are in fluid ounces with the exception of commercial bread making where they are input by weight.


Misc.

Chocolate, 1 oz (1 square) equals 3 T cocoa plus 1 T shortening [fat]
Cocoa, 3 ½ oz or 100 grams

Honey, SUB: 2/3 C equals 1 C sugar +1/3 C water
Syrup, 10 ½ oz or 300grams
Corn syrup, 1 ½ C corn syrup, SUB: 1 C sugar + ½ C water