American recipes use dry and fluid measures. Volume determines fluid measures; weight determines dry measures. However, most U.S. recipes refer to ingredients in terms of volume. So don't worry too much whether the ingredient you're measuring is dry or fluid; just use the measure specified in your recipe.Cooking Conversion Table
(Weights and Measures)
Cooking Conversion Chart / Cooking Measurement Table
TEASPOONS | TABLESPOONS | CUPS | FLUID OUNCES | MILLILITERS | OTHER |
1/4 teaspoon | 1 ml | ||||
1/2 teaspoon | 2 ml | ||||
3/4 teaspoon | 1/4 tablespoon | 4 ml | |||
1 teaspoon | 1/3 tablespoon | 5 ml | |||
3 teaspoons | 1 tablespoon | 1/16 cup | 1/2 oz | 15 ml | |
6 teaspoons | 2 tablespoons | 1/8 cup | 1 oz | 30 ml | |
1 1/2 oz | 44 ml | 1 jigger | |||
12 teaspoons | 4 tablespoons | 1/4 cup | 2 oz | 60 ml | |
16 teaspoons | 5 1/3 tablespoons | 1/3 cup | 2 1/2 oz | 75 ml | |
18 teaspoons | 6 tablespoons | 3/8 cup | 3 oz | 90 ml | |
24 teaspoons | 8 tablespoons | 1/2 cup | 4 oz | 125 ml | 1/4 pint |
32 teaspoons | 10 2/3 tablespoons | 2/3 cup | 5 oz | 150 ml | |
36 teaspoons | 12 tablespoons | 3/4 cup | 6 oz | 175 ml | |
48 teaspoons | 16 tablespoons | 1 cup | 8 oz | 237 ml | 1/2 pint |
1 1/2 cups | 12 oz | 355 ml | |||
2 cups | 16 oz | 473 ml | 1 pint | ||
3 cups | 24 oz | 710 ml | 1 1/2 pints | ||
25.6 oz | 757 ml | 1 fifth | |||
4 cups | 32 oz | 946 ml | 1 quart or 1 liter | ||
8 cups | 64 oz | 2 quarts | |||
16 cups | 128 oz | 1 gallon |
Dash or Pinch
Generally considered to be less than 1/8 teaspoon.
Firmly Packed
With a spatula, a spoon or your hand, tightly press the ingredient into the measuring cup. You should measure as much of the ingredient as you can fit into the measure.
Lightly Packed
Press the ingredient into the measuring cup lightly. Make sure there are no air pockets, but do not compress it too much either.
Even / Level
Measure the amount precisely, discarding the entire ingredient that rises above the rim of the measuring cup. The back of a straight knife works well for this.
Rounded
Do not flatten out the ingredient to the top of the measuring cup. Instead allow it to pile up above the rim naturally, into a soft, rounded shape.
Heaping / Heaped
Pile as much of the ingredient on top of the measure as it can hold.
Sifted
Sift with a strainer or sifter before measuring to ensure ingredient is not compacted and there is no other foreign substance in it.
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