General rule when measuring by volume is to not pack it unless the recipe says to.
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ButWhatDoesItAllMean@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
American here but I do a lot of baking, I do own a scale and prefer to weigh ingredients because I’m amazed at the different quantities of flour I can get from cup to cup depending how packed the flour is or how I scoop it.
Zess@lemmy.world 2 months ago
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Yeah, that’s the story of thing which worries me. I suppose if it’s a recipe which doesn’t need precise measurements it doesn’t matter.
wjrii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Baking can be troublesome, but it’s usually only flour that gets compacted to a problematic degree. Most good recipes will at least specify “sifted”. Otherwise, volume works about as well, and the cups and spoons will be standardized measurements with only a dim historical connection to the kind of insanity you may be be picturing.
Mass would probably still be better of course, it’s just not quite the literal madness that some think.
TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s also volume measurements of things like butter and honey, which are their own nightmare. Yeah, I’m totally going to carve 17 3/4 tablespoons of butter…