34 Handy Kitchen Measurement Hacks & Tidbits

Do you find yourself always scrambling to find out how much one stick of butter is? Or how many eggs you need to make a cup? Do you know how much 1 cup of uncooked rice makes?
Here’s a handy chart you can print off to include with your other kitchen chart goodies (see: Recipe Ingredient Substitutions & Equivalents Chart and Kitchen Measurements Equivalent Conversion Chart) . . .
Kitchen Measurement Hacks
1 pound all-purpose flour = 4 cups
1 pound cake flour = 4 3/4 cups
1 pound pastry or graham flour = 4 1/2 cups
1 pound granulated sugar = 2 to 2 1/4 cups
1 pound brown sugar = 2 to 2 1/3 cups
1 pound sifted confectioners’ sugar = 4 cups (approx)
1 pound oatmeal = 2 2/3 cups
1 pound rolled oats = 4 3/4 cups
1 pound butter = 2 cups
1 pound shortening = 2 to 2 1/3 cups
1 pound cheddar cheese = 4 cups, grated
1 cup eggs = 5 to 6 medium eggs
1 cup egg whites = 7 to 10 medium eggs
1 cup egg yolks = 12 to 14 medium eggs
1 pound finely chopped meat = 2 cups
1 pound cocoa = 4 cups
1 ounce chocolate = 1 square
6 oz. chocolate chips = 1 cup (approx)
9 oz. jar jelly or jam = 1 cup (approx)
4 medium apples = 4 cups sliced apples
3 medium bananas = 1 cup mashed banana
8 medium peaches = 4 cups sliced peaches
1 pint strawberries = 2 cups sliced strawberries
1 pound unpitted dates = 1 3/4 cups
1 pound pitted dates = 2 1/2 cups
1 pound raisins = 2 1/2 to 3 cups
1 pound rhubarb = 2 cups, cut
1 pound onions = 2 1/2 cups chopped
1 pound nuts = 4 cups chopped (approx)
Kitchen Tidbits
- 1 stick of butter = 1/2 cup
- 1 cup of whipping cream = 2 cups whipped
- 1 cup uncooked rice = 3 1/2 cups cooked
- 1 envelope Gelatin = 4 leaves = 1/4 ounce
- 1 pkg. yeast = 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
Would you prefer a pdf download of the above? Here ya go: Kitchen Measurement Hacks & Tidbits Download. I left lots of room on the page for you to mark in your own adjustments and notes
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All of the above were collected from a variety of cookbooks and private notes, some brands may weigh or size differently than others so please use the above as a guideline and note any discrepancies with your favorite product.
I also updated Equivalents of Can Sizes to include Measures.
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*I moved a small section of kitchen measurements previously posted into this list, all links & bookmarks will forward to this page.
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[...] The folks over at TipNut.com have written a great post with some great “hacks” to help you out in these kinds of situations [...]
Thanks so much for doing this for me (us). I have an OLD cookbook with just these reuirements -lb of this or that- and i was unsure what the heck they meant.
My cookbook also tells no oven temps so I use the modern recipes to figure out the temps.
Thanks again for doing all the hard work for me.