Friday, July 17, 2026

Equivalent Table

I am always needing to scale a recipe up or down and have a hard time remembering how many tablespoons are in a half cup or how many cups in a gallon, etc. So that is the reason for this post, as I was making a half recipe of Jezebel Sauce this afternoon and had to look it all up on the computer.

Dry Volume equivalents
1/8 teaspoon = a pinch
3 teaspoons   = 1 tablespoon
1/4 cup          = 4 tablespoons
1/3 cup          = 5 T plus one t
1/2 cup          = 8 tablespoons
3/4 cups        = 12 tablespoons
1 cup            = 16 tablespoons
1 pound        = 16 ounces

Liquid Volume Equivalents
8 ounces       = 1 cup
1 pint           = 2 cups or 16 ounces
1 quart         = 2 pints or 4 cups or 32 ounces
1 gallon        = 4 quarts or 16 cups

Useful Information
A 5 pound bag of granulated sugar contains about 10 cups
A 5 pound bag of flour contains about 18 cups
A 2 pound bag of confectioners' sugar contains about 7 1/2 cups
A 2 pound bag of brown sugar contains about 5 1/2 cups
A 12 ounce package of chocolate chips contains about 1 1/2 cups
A 1 ounce bottle of extract contains 6 teaspoons (2 Tablespoons)

I typically don't weigh my ingredients, but after weighing flour for a recipe and realizing not weighing made a huge difference, I have begun to weigh my ingredients when I aim for accuracy

White flour:  1 cup = 4.409 ounces

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