Questions and Answers - British Cooking Equivalent vs.

American Cookine Equivalents

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British Cooking Equivalent vs. American Cooking Equivalents
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Question: Please can you tell me where I can find a conversion chart for American quantities and the British equivalent. For example: (1) How many ounces in a "stick" of butter (2) the equivalent weights of "cups" (3) I find all this very confusing when I read American cookery books Thank you. - Molly Walters (4/27/01)

Answers: 1 pound of butter = 4 sticks or 4 cubes of butter = 2 cups of butter. 1 stick or cube of butter = 1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons of butter.

The charts below use standard U.S. measures following U.S. Government guideline. The charts offer equivalents for United States, metric, and Imperial (U.K.) measures. All conversions are approximate and most have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number. Examples below: 1 teaspoon = 4.929 milliliters - rounded up to 5 milliliters 1 ounce = 28.349 grams, - rounded sown to 28 grams

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Dry/Weight Measurements
Ounces 1/16 teaspoon 1/8 teaspoon or less 1/4 teaspoon 1/2 teaspoon 1 teaspoon 3 teaspoons 1 tablespoon 2 tablespoons 4 tablespoons 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon 8 tablespoons 10 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons 12 tablespoons 16 tablespoons 32 tablespoons 64 tablespoons a dash a pinch or 6 drops 15 drops 30 drops 1/3 tablespoon 1 tablespoon 3 teaspoons 1/8 cup 1/4 cup 1/3 cup 1/2 cup 2/3 cup 3/4 cup 1 cup 2 cups 4 cups or 1 quart 1/6 ounce 1/2 ounce 1/2 ounce 1 ounce 2 ounces 2.6 ounces 4 ounces 5.2 ounces 6 ounces 8 ounces 16 ounces 32 ounces .375 pound .500 pound or 1/2 pound 1 pound 2 pounds 1/4 pound . .5 ml 1 ml 2 ml 5 ml 14 grams 14 grams 28 grams 56.7 grams 75.6 grams 113 grams 151 grams 170 grams 225 grams 454 grams 907 grams Pounds Metric

Liquid or Volume Measurements

jigger or measure 1 cup 2 cups 4 cups 2 pints 4 quarts 8 quarts 4 pecks dash 1 1/2 or 1.5 fluid ounces 8 fluid ounces 16 fluid ounces 32 fluid ounces 32 fluid ounces 128 fluid ounces 256 fluid ounces or one peck one bushel less than 1/4 teaspoon 1/2 pint 1 pint 1 quart 1 quart 1 gallon 2 gallons 3 tablespoons 16 tablespoons 32 tablespoons 64 tablespoons 4 cups 16 cups 32 cups 45 ml 237 ml 474 ml .946 ml .964 liters 3.8 liters 7.5 liters

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Conversions For Ingredients Commonly Used In Baking

Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 cup granulated (white) sugar 1 cup firmly-packed brown sugar (light or dark) 1 cup powdered (confectioners') sugar 1 cup cocoa powder Butter (salted or unsalted) 4 tablespoons = 1/2 stick = 1/4 cup 8 tablespoons = 1 stick = 1/2 cup 16 tablespoons = 2 sticks = 1 cup 2 ounces 4 ounces 8 ounces 57 grams 113 grams 227 grams Ounces 5 ounces 8 1/2 ounces 7 ounces 7 ounces 4 ounces 3 ounces Grams 142 grams 156 grams 198 grams 198 grams 113 grams 85 grams

Oven Temperatures
Gas Mark (Imperial) 1/3 1/2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 very hot moderately hot hot very moderate moderate cool

Fahrenheit 225 degrees F. 250 degrees F. 275 degrees F. 300 degrees F. 325 degrees F. 350 degrees F. 375 degrees F. 400 degrees F. 425 degrees F. 450 degrees F. 475 degrees F.

Celsius 105 degrees C. 120 degrees C. 130 degrees C. 150 degrees C. 165 degrees C 180 degrees C. 190 degrees C. 200 degrees C. 220 degrees C. 230 degrees C. 245 degrees C.

Description very cool

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