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Measurements Equivalents

Source of Recipe

A little of every where.


List of Ingredients

Butter; 1 lb=32 T or 2 C. 1/4 lb=1 cube or 4 oz or 1/2 C.
Cheese; 1 lb cheddar=4 C grated.
Cottage cheese=1 lb or 2 C.
Cream cheese=1 lb or 1 C.(8 oz).
Eggs 2 large=1/2 C
3 medium=1/2 C.

One pound equivalents
2 C butter
4 C all purpose flour
2 C granulated sugar
3 1/2 C powdered sugar
2 2/3 C brown sugar
2 C milk.



Recipe

Fluid Measures
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
4 tablespoons = 2 fluid ounces
8 fluid ounces = 1 cup
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart or 32 fluid ounces
4 quarts = 1 gallon or 128 fluid ounces
3 1/2 gallons = 1 barrel
2 barrels = 1 hogshead

Dry Measures
Unit Abbrev. Defined cu.in. ml
pint, dry pt. 1/2 dry qt.
quart, dry qt. 1/8 peck
peck pk. 8 qts or 2 gal
bushel bu. 4 peck 0r 8 gal


Liquid Measurement Chart with Dry Measure Equivalent and Ounce Equivalent

Unit Ounce Equivalent Milliliter Equivalent
1 teaspoon 5 ml
1 T 1/2 fluid ounce 15 ml
1/4 cup 2 fluid ounces 59 ml
1/3 cup 2 2/3 fluid ounces 79 ml
1/2 cup 4 fluid ounces 118 ml
2/3 cup 5 1/3 fluid ounces 158 ml
3/4 cup 6 fluid ounces 177 ml
1 cup 8 fluid ounces 237 ml
2 cups 16 fluid ounces 437 ml
4 cups 32 fluid ounces 946 ml

Fluid Measures
Unit Abbrev. Defined fl oz
drop 1/96 tsp. or 0.010 tsp
10 drops dash less than 1/8 tsp
teaspoon 6 dashes. 1/3 T.
tablespoon tbsp. or T. 1/2 fl.oz.
2 T- 1/8 C 1 fluid oz
4 T- 1/4 C
5 T- 1/3 C
10 T- 2/3 C
1/4 C + 2 T- 3/8 C
12 T- 3/4 C

fluid ounce fl.oz. or oz.
Dash less than 1/8 tsp.
jigger 1/2 fl.oz.
gill 24 tsp or 8 T.
cup C or 1/2 pint
pint pt. or 1/2 quart
fifth [9] 1/5gal
quart qt. 1/4gal
gallon [9] gal.
Firkin 9 gal
Hogshead 63 gal