Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Cup to Gram Conversions Article

Butter
If you know a cup of butter weighs 8 ounces, you could do the math yourself:
1 ounce = 28.34 grams, so one cup of butter weighs 227 grams.
1/4 cup of butter = 57 g
1/3 cup of butter = 76 g
1/2 cup of butter = 113 g  

Dry Goods
 All-Purpose Flour and Confectioners' Sugar
Cups Grams Ounces
1/8 cup (2 Tablespoons) 16 g .563 oz
 1/4 cup 32 g 1.13 oz 1/3 cup 43 g 1.5 oz
 1/2 cup 64 g 2.25 oz 2/3 cup 85 g 3 oz
  3/4 cup 96 g 3.38 oz 1 cup 128 g 4.5 oz

 Bread Flour
 Cups Grams Ounces
1/4 cup 34 g 1.2 oz
1/3 cup 45 g 1.6 oz
1/2 cup 68 g 2.4 oz
 1 cup 136 g 4.8 oz

Rolled Oats
Cups Grams Ounces
 1/4 c 21 g .75 oz
1/3 c 28 g 1 oz
1/2 c 43 g 1.5 oz
1 c 85 g 3 oz  

White Sugar (Granulated)
 Cups Grams Ounces
 2 Tbsp 25 g .89 oz
1/4 cup 50 g 1.78 oz
1/3 cup 67 g 2.37 oz
 1/2 cup 100 g 3.55 oz
 2/3 cup 134 g 4.73 oz
3/4 cup 150 g 5.3 oz
1 cup 201 g 7.1 oz  

Packed Brown Sugar
 Cups Grams Ounces
 1/4 c 55 g 1.9 oz
1/3 c 73 g 2.58 oz
1/2 c 110 g 3.88 oz
1 c 220 g 7.75 oz  

Honey, Molasses & Syrup
Cups Grams Ounces
2 Tbsp 43 g 1.5 oz
1/4 c 85 g 3 oz
 1/3 c 113 g 4 oz
1/2 c 170 g 6 oz
2/3 c 227 g 8 oz
3/4 c 255 g 9 oz
1 c 340 g 12 oz  

Do the Math
1 ounce = 28.34 grams
 1 pound = .453 kilograms
1 g = .035 oz 1 kg = 2.2 lb
 1 fluid oz = 29.57 milliliters  

Measuring Spoons
1 Tablespoon = .5 fluid oz or 14.79 ml
 3 tsp = 1 Tablespoon
 4 Tablespoons = 1/4 cup
16 Tablespoons = 1 cup

More Quick Conversions
1 c chocolate chips = 152 g
1 c cocoa powder = 128 g
1 c walnuts, chopped = 122 g
1 c walnut/pecan halves = 99 g
1 c shredded coconut = 71 g
1 c solid shortening, e.g. Crisco® = 205 g
1Tbsp baking powder = 12 g
1 Tbsp salt = 18 g

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