{"id":82,"date":"2006-11-10T00:20:57","date_gmt":"2006-11-10T04:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/tools\/"},"modified":"2016-11-29T12:20:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T16:20:54","slug":"cooking-conversions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/cooking-conversions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking Conversions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Temperature<\/a> | Volume<\/a> | Ingredients<\/a> | Elsewhere<\/a><\/p>\n

Temperature Conversions<\/h2>\n
\n275\u00b0F = 140\u00b0C = gas mark 1
\n300\u00b0F = 150\u00b0C = gas mark 2
\n325\u00b0F = 165\u00b0C = gas mark 3
\n350\u00b0F = 180\u00b0C = gas mark 4
\n375\u00b0F = 190\u00b0C = gas mark 5\n<\/div>\n
\n400\u00b0F = 200\u00b0C = gas mark 6
\n425\u00b0F = 220\u00b0C = gas mark 7
\n450\u00b0F = 230\u00b0C = gas mark 9
\n475\u00b0F = 240\u00b0C = gas mark 10\n<\/div>\n

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Volume Equivalents<\/h2>\n

1 pinch = 1\/8 teaspoon
\n1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 1\/16 cup = 1\/2 ounce
\n2 tablespoons = 1\/8 cup = 1 ounce = 1 standard coffee scoop
\n4 tablespoons = 1\/4 cup = 2 ounces
\n5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1\/3 cup
\n6 tablespoons = 3\/8 cup = 3 ounces
\n8 tablespoons = 1\/2 cup = 4 ounces
\n10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons = 2\/3 cup
\n12 tablespoons = 3\/4 cup = 6 ounces
\n16 tablespoons = 1 cup = 8 ounces
\n2 cups = 1 pint = 1\/2 quart = 16 ounces
\n4 cups = 2 pints = 1 quart = 32 ounces
\n16 cups = 8 pints = 4 quarts = 1 gallon<\/p>\n

Common Ingredients<\/h2>\n

Dairy<\/u>
\n1 cup cream cheese = 227 grams
\n1 cup sour cream = 240 grams
\n1 cup plain Greek yogurt = 230 grams
\n1 cup sweetened condensed milk = 312 grams
\n1 cup packaged ricotta = 252 grams<\/p>\n

Eggs<\/u>
\n1 large egg = 50 grams
\n1 large egg white = 28 grams
\n1 large egg yolk = 18 grams
\n1 large egg (approximately) = 1 tablespoon yolk + 2 tablespoons white
\n1 cup = 4 jumbo = 4 to 5 extra-large = 5 large = 5 to 6 medium = 7 small<\/p>\n

Fats<\/u>
\n1 cup butter = 226 grams = 1\/2 pound
\n1 cup coconut oil = 224 grams
\n1 cup shortening = 190 grams<\/p>\n

Flour<\/u>
\n1 cup all-purpose flour = 120 grams (King Arthur<\/a>), 141 grams (Cook’s Illustrated<\/a>), 130 grams (Smitten Kitchen, at least 80% of the time)
\n1 cup cornmeal = 240 grams
\n1 cup cornstarch = 128 grams<\/p>\n

Leaveners<\/u>
\n1 tablespoon baking powder = 15 grams
\n1 tablespoon baking soda = 15 grams
\n1 standard packet dry yeast = 7 grams or .25 ounce
\n1 tablespoon dry yeast = 12 grams
\n1 cake = 17 grams<\/p>\n

Salts<\/u>
\n1 tablespoon table salt = 18 grams
\n1 tablespoon Diamond kosher salt = 8 grams
\n1 tablespoon Morton kosher salt = 14 grams
\n1 tablespoon David’s kosher salt = 18 grams
\n1 tablespoon Maldon flaky salt = 12 grams (note: very difficult to get a consistent read on due to uneven flake sizes)
\n1 tablespoon fleur de sel in big grains = 12 grams<\/p>\n

Sugars<\/u>
\n1 cup granulated sugar = 198 grams
\n1 cup light or dark brown sugar = 190 grams
\n1 cup powdered or confectioner’s sugar = 120 grams
\n1 cup turbinado sugar = 192 grams<\/p>\n

Resources Elsewhere<\/h2>\n

I routinely use Google to translate grams into ounces, inches into centimeters or whatever exchange I need. Simply type “4 cups in ounces”<\/a> to learn that 4 cups holds 32 liquid ounces and that 32 liquid ounces is equivalent to 946 ml<\/a>. Is a recipe in grams when you want it in ounces? Google will quickly translate this, weight by weight, as well (e.g.<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Temperature | Volume | Ingredients | Elsewhere Temperature Conversions 275\u00b0F = 140\u00b0C = gas mark 1 300\u00b0F = 150\u00b0C = gas mark 2 325\u00b0F = 165\u00b0C = gas mark 3 350\u00b0F = 180\u00b0C = gas mark 4 375\u00b0F = 190\u00b0C = gas mark 5 400\u00b0F = 200\u00b0C = gas mark 6 425\u00b0F = 220\u00b0C = […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173049838,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173049838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30344,"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/30344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}