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How to know how many tablespoons of seeds correspond to 1 table spoon of its ground form? [duplicate]
Please point out a conversion method or the Google keywords which would result in a trusted measuring chart for converting seeds to powder or paste form or vice versa.
Example:
1 tablespoon of ...
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Grams to tablespoon conversion
Do different powders (for example cocoa powder, wheat flour, health drink powder, baking powder) measure different numbers of grams per tablespoon? If yes, why and how do I find out how many grams per ...
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Converting stand mixing time to hand mixing
For each minute of using a stand mixer on high, approximately how long (or how much effort, quantified) should a mixture be mixed (whisked/beaten) by hand to achieve similar results?
Baking recipes ...
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How to measure a cup of “solid” ingredient?
I was reading a recipe in which it was mentioned among the ingredients "8 cups of broccoli florets". Measuring by "cups" is for liquids, right? For solid ingredients, are we measuring the "weight" of ...
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How much does a cup of Nutella weigh?
I want to make Nutella cookies. I've found a recipe for it, but it's in volume measurements. It asks for a cup of Nutella and I don't own a cup.
I tried searching my regular converters, but the only ...
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How much does a cup of hazelnuts weigh?
I need to purchase 1.5 cups of hazelnuts for a recipe I want to make but they’re sold by weight not volume. Approximately how much does a cup of them weigh? I would prefer to purchase as close to what ...
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How to convert a muffin/cupcake recipe to a large muffin recipe
I'm looking at the side of my "breakfast - O - meal" box at a recipe for 12 muffins. The kind you would use with a standard muffin tin. What kind of variation should can I use to make the recipe work ...
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How can I substitute Tender Quick® for pink salt + kosher salt?
I have a recipe for pastrami that calls for 1 T of pink salt + 3/4 cup of kosher salt. I don't have access to pink salt or saltpeter, but I do have Morton® Tender Quick®. I imagine that I can use the ...
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Can an Angel Food Cake recipe be converted to cupcakes?
I know "standard" cake recipes can be converted to cupcakes by adjusting bake time... is the same true for angel food cakes as well? Or do other things need to be changed as well? Thanks!
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How do I make liquid glucose from powdered glucose
I recently decided to make something that required liquid glucose, 140g of it. No problem in general, but for some reason none of my usual suppliers had stock (even tried pharmacies). The closest I ...
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Converting kneading times from machine kneading to hand kneading
I have previously tried this recipe, and wish to try it again this weekend (recipe follows at end of question). Since I don't have a mixer, I kneaded it by hand, for longer than the recipe stated, in ...
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Can I make this bread recipe gluten free?
My fiance has celiac disease and so I have been trying to get better at baking gluten-free lately. I have made the following recipe many times and it is soooo delicious; I was wondering if someone ...
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Convert to tablespoons of whipped butter
Recipe calls for tablespoons of butter but all I have is whipped butter. What is the conversion?
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How do I convert a weight of dried chick peas to volume of cooked?
I'm following a recipe that calls for 200g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight. I have two 28 fl. oz. (796 ml) cans of chick peas, packed in water.
This is made complicated by two things:
You ...
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How many cups of flour are there in a pound?
I have a recipe that calls for 5 pounds of flour, but I live in a country that sells their flour in 1-kg bags. So I put in 2 kg = 4.4 pounds... How many cups should I put in for the remaining .6 pound ...
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How many milliliters is a “pinch?”
I found a recipe in English that mentions a "pinch" of something. English is not my first language, and Google shows that "pinch" has many meanings. Do I have to pinch it with my fingers, or can i ...
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How do you calculate volume of pasta from its weight after cooking down?
I am hoping to make two 3 quart casserole dishes worth of macaroni and cheese. The recipe I have calls for using two pounds of pasta, but doesn't indicate the volume of food that it will yield after ...
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Substitutions for 11x18 pan?
What's called for specifically is an "11- by 18-inch (rimmed) baking pan (hs note: or jellyroll pan)" in this recipe. I made this once before and it was a hit, but I forgot about not having the ...
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Convert grill recipe to convection toaster oven?
I generally just lower the temp 25 degrees when going from oven to the little convec toaster oven and it works out well. This may be a silly question, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
I cook just ...
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How to convert a cup to SI units? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I convert between the various measurements?
How to convert a cup to SI units? In otherwords, how many liters (or deciliters) one cup is?
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Converting between Egg sizes
In the UK eggs are sized as, small, medium, large and extra large.
What weights/ratios do these correspond, so if a recipe calls for 1 large egg, how many small eggs could I use in its place?
I ...
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Standard weight conversions for converting cups of flour to grams of flour?
I hate the idea of measuring flour using something as imprecise as measuring scoop.
What numbers do you treat as definitive/authoritative/canonical for doing weight conversions for different types of ...
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Converting oven recipe to slow cooker
I have a casserole recipe that I generally cook in the oven. I'd like to try it in my slow cooker for several reasons: convenience, timing, opening up the oven for another dish. Is there a general ...
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Is there a formula for converting pancake batter to waffle batter?
I have a wonderful pancake recipe that I would like to convert into a waffle recipe. Is there a generally accepted formula for doing this? Based on other recipes I've seen, it looks like the amount ...
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How do I convert between the various measurements?
Let's have a single question giving the conversion between cups, ounces, teaspoons, and gallons, just to have one convenient reference.
