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This post on how to measure Ingredients was a long time coming! When it comes to baking, accuracy is everything and could mean the difference between success or failure in a recipe.
Watch the video below and learn how to accurately measure all kinds of dry and liquid ingredients so you can bake and cook like a pro.
We’re sharing all of our tips and tricks with you. Some of these ideas will surprise you!.
Watch the Video Tutorial on How to Measure Ingredients:
Our Favorite Measuring Tools:
Here are our Amazon affiliate links to all of our favorite measuring tools (as seen in this video):
Dry Ingredient Measuring Cups
Wet Ingredient Glass Measuring Cups (with pour spout)
Measuring Spoons (2-sided, magnetic)
Digital OXO Kitchen Scale
OXO Storage Containers
Progressive Flour Bin
Progressive Brown Sugar Bin (clay disk keeps sugar moist)
Avocado Oil Cooking Spray
Converting US Measurements to Grams:
Most baking ingredients in the US are measured in cups, oz, lbs, Tbsp, etc. so if you are looking for a good chart to convert ingredients, this conversion chart from King Arthur Flour is my usual go-to source for quick conversions to and from grams.
If you have a kitchen scale and a recipe provides the measurements in grams, by all means weigh those ingredients for best results. Just be sure to zero the bowl before adding the ingredient.
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Print-Friendly Reference on How to Measure:
How to Measure Ingredients (Wet and Dry)
Ingredients
Tools For Measuring:
- Dry Ingredient Measuring Cups
- Wet Ingredient Measuring Cups, with pour spout
- Measuring Spoons
- Digital Kitchen Scale
Instructions
Measuring with Dry Ingredients Cups:
- Used for anything that does not level itself.
- Spoon the ingredient into the measuring cup and level off the top with a straight edge.
- To measure packed brown sugar, push the sugar into the cup with your hand. It is packed correctly when you turn it out onto a plate and it keeps the shape of the measuring cup.
Measuring with Wet Ingredients Cups (with pour spout):
- Used for ingredients that level themselves
- Set the cup on a flat surface and get down to the level of the measuring cup to visualize the fill line.
- When measuring sticky ingredients (honey, molasses, corn syrup), lightly spray the measuring cup with non-stick cooking spray so they don't stick to the cup and pour easily with little waste.
How to Use Measuring spoons:
- Pour liquid ingredients to the top of the measuring spoon.
- Dip spoon into spice containers then level off the top with a straight edge for an accurate measure.
How to Use a Digital Kitchen Scale
- Used when exact measures are required (i.e. almond flour for macarons, chocolate, fruit)
- Turn the scale on, place an empty bowl in the center of the scale and click "zero" or "tare" to zero out the scale so you aren't including the weight of your bowl. Add your ingredients to the bowl until desired weight displays on the screen.
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Q: Did any of these measuring tips surprise you? Let me know if you learned something new 😀
Natasha Kravchuk
Hi! I'm Natasha Kravchuk. Here you'll find delicious, trusted recipes with easy step-by-step photos and videos. 
Your recipes look terrific. If like to make the crepe cake recipe gluten free. What for should I substitute the all purpose flour with.
Hi Michelle! I’m so glad you’re liking our recipes so far! I hope you get to try some very soon! I haven’t tried gluten free crepes, but I imagine its possible to make. If you experiment with a gluten free option I’d like to know how it goes. Also, if you find a recipe you like on my blog — I have substitution hints in the post and often my readers will post what they did to make it gluten free in the comments. Happy baking!
Hola Natasha buenas tardes una pregunta.podrías poner las medidas también en gramos si puede ser ya que asi la medición en vasos o tazas es un pelín complicada ya qué aquí en Europa es en gramos.
Muchas gracias de antemano me encantan todas tus recetas y muchas ya las e hecho
Hi Pilar! Thank you so much for your suggestion. If you scroll down to our printable recipe card, most of our recipes have a metric conversion option on the printable recipe card. We are currently working on adding metric measurements to all of our recipes, but it is taking some time to add them one at a time. Thank you so much for being patient! In the meantime, check out our post on measuring which should help.
Many websites- bloggers etc. have cooking or baking as their main product but it is the first time I have seen someone taking the time to show how to properly measure the ingredients which is most crucial in baking. Well done! Great content Natasha. Well thought out and executed to the T.
Thanks for appreciating what we do here. I hope you’ll enjoy all of the recipes that you will try!
Hi Natasha…I am having a hard time finding the quantity measurements for the sourdough bread. My first time using my dutch oven. If you can guide me to that part of your video that would be awesome.
Thanks so much, have a great day. Gary
Hi Gary! You can use the search bar at the top of the page to look up Sourdough bread recipe . Then click on the “jump to recipe” button at the top of the blog page which will take you to the recipe card at the very bottom of the blog with the ingredients/quantities/instructions.
Regarding the measuring video,
My mom was a home-ec teacher and probably 65 years ago she taught me how to measure ingredients, just like how you showed. Nice to know I’ve been taught correctly. Thanks for confirming.
Aww, thank you so much for sharing that with me, Randy!
Hi the carrot cake recipe looks amazing. What should i use to measure apple sauce? dry ingredient or wet ingredient measuring cup? Thanks!
Hi June, you can use a dry measuring cup to accurately measure apple sauce. I hope that helps.
Did not know about spraying the measuring cup prior to filling with sticky liquids. Thanks!
I’m late to the game here, but I do like the KA chart. I weigh everything! Once I personally know how much an ingredient weighs, (in grams) I write it down on the chart I have posted on the fridge.
What annoys me is most baking recipes are still in cups & even if they have a conversion to weight links, they aren’t all the same! Also, baking is a formula & every bag of flour states a cup is 120 grams, but most recipes I’ve checked, it weighs 130-160 grams, which is crazy. We’d all bake better products if 120g was used as a cup of flour!
I’ve used several of your recipes successfully in the past. After seeing this video, I’m a bigger fan. You are delightful and engaging!
Thank you so much!
P.S. How much liquidy banana should I use for your banana chocolate banana bread?
3 very ripe bananas, mashed with a fork (about 1 3/4 cups)
When using thawed frozen bananas, which are quite liquidy (such a word?? :), how do you properly measure when making banana bread?
Hi Lynda, on my recipes like the banana bread, I try to add a note that says something along the lines of 3 bananas is equal to 3/4 cups of banana mashed.
Great instructional video! I would LOVE for the volume of the music to be MUCH lower – it was actually distracting to the point where I just couldn’t watch the video anymore because the music was so annoying! I’d actually much rather no music in the background. :-/ But if you must have music, please make the volume lower so it’s not detracting from the video, from your beautiful voice. 😉
Thank you for your feedback and suggestion, Sandi. This is one of our older videos, I recommend watching the newer ones as we’ve had a lot of improvements. I hope you’ll enjoy all the recipes from us!
Great video. I have been measuring flour wrong for years. Thanks.
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful.
Hello Naty,
Great video, but what about eggs? Is one egg equal to:
small
medium
large
extra large
jumbo
???
And how to substitute? Like:
3 eggs equal two jumbo eggs?
Hi Randall! You may try looking at an egg conversion chart such as this one HERE to help with that. 🙂
Hi Natasha, I’m confused with your measurements because in my measuring cup it shows 1cup is 250ml can I know about yours one cup is how many ml or in grams please
I’m confused with your flour measurement you 1cup flour is 120g or 250g?
Hi Fathima, I use this Ingredient Weight Chart if I need guidance on measurements.
Hi Natasha!
I just watched your how to measure ingredients correctly video and it was great! I would like to ask you – What is the best way to measure butter? Thank you!
Hi Athina, I measure based on what the package states. Most packages of butter are 113 grams or 1/2 cup or 8 Tbsp of butter.
Our margarine comes like that but not our butter. Our butter comes in 1 lb (454 g) blocks. The package is marked (1/4 c, 1/2 c, 1 c) so you can slice off the correct amount, but that’s not always exact. My mother taught me to measure butter in cold water. If a recipe calls for 1/2 c of butter, say, I fill a 2 c measuring cup up to the 1 c line and add butter until the water line rises to 1 1/2 c. Voila! You’ve got half a cup of butter. The butter displaces the same amount of water as your measurement.
My grand mother taught me to do that with Crisco and other solid fats. Makes cleaning measuring cups easier, too!