Weights and Measures
Lesson 3
Food Weights and Approximate Equivalents in Measures
Food
Weight
Approximate Measure
Apples, AP
1 pound
3-4 medium
Allspice
Applesauce
Apples, canned pie pack
Baking powder
Bananas, AP
Bran, all bran
Bread crumbs, dry
Bread crumbs, soft
Butter
Celery, diced (depending on size)
Cheese, cottage
Cheese, grated or ground
Chili powder
Cinnamon, ground
Cloves, ground
Cocoa
Coconut, shredded
Corn flakes
Cornmeal
Cornstarch
Cream of tartar
Flour, all purpose
Gelatin, flavored
Ginger, ground
Lettuce, average size head
Macaroni, AP
Margarine
Milk, fluid whole
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1 ounce
1 pound
1 1⁄2 pounds
1 ounce
1 pound
8 ounces
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
1-2 bunches
1 pound
1 pound
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 ounce
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
1 ounce
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
9 ounces
1 pound
1 pound
4 1⁄2 tablespoons
2 cups or 1 pint
1 quart
2 tablespoons
1 medium
1 quart
4 cups or 1 quart
2 quarts or 1⁄2 gallon
2 cups or 1 pint
1 quart
2 cups or 1 pint
1 quart
4 tablespoons or 1⁄4 cup
4 tablespoons or 1⁄4 cup
5 tablespoons
4 cups or 1 quart
6-7 cups
4 quarts or 1 gallon
3 cups
3 1⁄2 cups
3 tablespoons
4 cups or 1 quart
2 1⁄3 cups
5 tablespoons
1 head
4 cups or 1 quart
2 cups or 1 pint
1 pound + 1 ounce 2 cups or 1 pint
Weights and Measures
Lesson 3
Food Weights and Approximate Equivalents in Measures
Food
Weight
Approximate Measure
Mustard, ground dry
1 pound
4 1⁄2 cups
Milk, nonfat dry
Noodles, dry, AP
Nutmeg, ground
Oats, rolled, AP
Oil, vegetable
Onions, AP
Paprika
Peanut butter
Peanuts, EP
Pepper, ground
Rice, AP
Salt
Shortening
Soda
Spaghetti, AP (2” pieces)
Sugar, brown, light pack
Sugar, brown, solid pack
Sugar, granulated
Vanilla
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1 pound
1 pound
1 ounce
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
1 ounce
1 pound
1 pound
1 ounce
1 pound
1 ounce
1 pound
1 ounce
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
1 pound
⁄2 ounce
1
4 cups or 1 quart
6 cups or 1 1⁄2 quarts
3 1⁄2 tablespoons
6 cups or 1 1⁄2 quarts
2-2 1⁄8 cups
4-5 medium
4 tablespoons or 1⁄4 cup
1 3⁄4 cups
3 1⁄4 cups
4 tablespoons or 1⁄4 cup
2 cups or 1 pint
1 1⁄2 tablespoons
2 1⁄4 cups
2 1⁄3 tablespoons
5 cups or 1 1⁄4 quarts
3 cups or 1 1⁄2 pints
2 cups or 1 pint
3 cups or 1 1⁄2 pints
1 tablespoon