Comments on: How to Measure Flour (The Right Way!)

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:46:13 +0000

In reply to Ed Stone.

It is SO helpful! 🙂

By: Ed Stone

Ed Stone — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:05:48 +0000

In reply to Sam.

I’m a novice home bread maker and I find a digital scale absolutely invaluable. Probably my most used piece of kitchen equipment.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:53:02 +0000

In reply to Carol Covington.

When I moved to the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee I found my recipes flopping that turned out beautiful while previously living in New Hampshire. I found that adding 2-3 tablespoons of flour to the recipe usually helped. Even if the recipe already called for flour, adding a little more helped. The other thing I started doing was baking everything in a glass dish. I also started using parchment paper on cookie sheets.
I can’t say these ideas will help you. I’m just sharing what helped me. Keep in mind, I had to try different ideas before I figured it out so hang in there. Good luck to you.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 01:59:39 +0000

Sam, thank you for another good recipe, followed exact and turned out super good, we love them. lol, I added green food coloring and then when done put a little heart on them for grinchy-doodles, turned out so cute with the cinnamon sugar on them gave them a dirty look like the grinch….tomorrow going to attempt the apple pie cookies.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 01:30:58 +0000

In reply to PJ Tomlian.

Hi PJ! There isn’t a single standard, but for my recipes and in my kitchen I use 125g – ap flour, 113-115g cake flour, 200g granulated sugar, 125g powdered sugar, 100g cocoa powder, and I don’t know the quick oats off the top of my head. With butter I’m personally comfortable using the measurements on the stick. I hope that helps! 🙂

By: PJ Tomlian

PJ Tomlian — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 10:38:26 +0000

Dear Sam: I have ordered a kitchen scale and have been searching for measurements in grams for the most common products and see a difference in each. Can you please provide us with measurements in grams for a cup of these standard products?
AP Flour, Cake flour, gran. sugar, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, quick oats? Is it necessary to weigh butter, or can you trust the measurements on the sticks?

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:39:45 +0000

In reply to Stacey.

We’re so happy the tips were helpful, Stacey! The kitchen scale will be a game changer for you 😊

By: Stacey

Stacey — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:11:45 +0000

In reply to Emily @ Sugar Spun Run.

Thank you for the tips on measuring flour. I am going to look into getting a scale. In the mean time I will stir & scoop my flour into my cup to measure more accurately.

By: Bonnie Anderson

Bonnie Anderson — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 21:48:21 +0000

thank you for the tips: will look forward to making a recipe from this site.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:58:39 +0000

In reply to Carol Covington.

Hi Carol! If you want/need to sift your ingredients it’s probably best to do it after weighing them to make sure they don’t get packed while weighing. I’m not very familiar with high altitude baking so I can’t say for sure what is going on with your cakes. 🙁

By: Carol Covington

Carol Covington — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:58:59 +0000

Would you recommend sifting the flour AFTER weighing it? (I’ve been weighing and then dumping container contents directly into the sifter over the bowl.) Also, do you have any suggestions for baking at 5,000 feet? I live in the NC mountains, and I can never get a cake to come out just right.

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:39:27 +0000

In reply to margaret Richmond.

We’re so happy it was helpful, Margaret! ❤️

By: margaret Richmond

margaret Richmond — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 21:19:12 +0000

Great tip on measuring flour. I will be doing this from now on.

By: Dolly

Dolly — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 17:53:10 +0000

In reply to Sam.

I just purchased the scale as well and it seems so easy I think watching the video will be very helpful too

By: Ronald Peck Aragón

Ronald Peck Aragón — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 21:00:28 +0000

I’m pleased to see we use the same weight scale. I’m 74 I’ve baking since I was 16. I have always used the methods described in this post for all of my dry measurements. I retired to Mexico 13 years ago, and I converted everything I bake to a gram scale the measurements are more precise and it minimizes having to much of anything. Thanks for sharing. Banana nut breads are calling my annual Christmas gifts.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 02:21:22 +0000

In reply to Bev.

Hi Bev! As long as you have enough flour (following the tips in this post) and the cookies chill long enough these shouldn’t come out flat. 🙂

By: Bev

Bev — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:25:24 +0000

Hi- huge fan of your recipes. One of my favorite cookies are the chocolate crinkle cookie but when I make them they always flatten out. I refrigerate them like the recipe states but still flattens. I am going to try your recipe but if you have any tips on getting a nice high cake like cookie please let me know. thanks and love your website.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 05 May 2022 20:55:48 +0000

I’ve noticed different brands have different weights, depending on their flour mixture. Even within a brand, I noticed that different blend weigh different amounts (Bob’s Red Mill in particular – I also suggest their 1 to 1 over the all purpose, which has a bean flavor to it). I’d suggest scooping out a cup the way she described and weighing it. Do that like ten times and average out the weight to know what the cup weight would be for your particular brand. Alternatively, the bag should have nutritional data on the side – multiply out the grams they listed so that it equals a cup (nutrition should list both portion of a cup and gram measurements).

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:25:05 +0000

In reply to Debi Falenski.

Hi Debi! You will want to use the same technique to measure gluten free flour. 🙂

By: Debi Falenski

Debi Falenski — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:19:05 +0000

Hi Sam!
Can you substitute gluten free flour? Would the measurements be the same?
Thanks! Debi

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:13:25 +0000

hey sam
i’m from europe and i never understood how americans can bake with only using cups. it’s just so vague. 🙈
i’m really glad you always tell us the exact amount so that i can scale all my ingredients.
thank you! 😊👍

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:20:20 +0000

In reply to Stephanie.

Hi Stephanie! I have standardized all of my recipes, so if you are making one of my recipes I know it works with the weight listed since that’s how I did it. How this translates to other recipes I can’t say for sure. There’s going to be some slight variations in weights recorded by different companies simply due to how they measure it. It’s best to just follow amounts listed on recipes rather than try to adjust depending on the brand of flour you have. I hope this helps. 🙂

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:04:22 +0000

Thanks to you, I started measuring ingredients just over a year ago and it is a total game changer (saves me so much time). I really appreciate that you include all of the weights in your recipes. However, I recently read an article that different brands of flour can weigh different amounts. For example, one brand is 120 grams for 1 cup and another is 130 grams for 1 cup. Do you recommend going by what is on the bag of flour (for example – White Lily says 30 grams for 1/4 cup of flour) or just generally stay with 125 grams per cup of flour?

By: Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

Emily @ Sugar Spun Run — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:47:14 +0000

In reply to Cindy.

It makes a huge difference! Thanks so much for commenting, Cindy 😊

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:28:38 +0000

I love this advice. I will be weighing my flour from now on! Thank you for this information!