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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 one with a hit was Wolfram-Alpha and I've noticed this result can be quite wrong.

Is anybody kind enough to weigh a cup of Nutella? Or do you use a converter that knows the weight of a cup of Nutella?

Note: I do own a tablespoon measure, so if nobody knows, I'll just scoop out some and calculate it myself. And post it as an answer of course.

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I actually measured and weighed a cup of Nutella and I got 290g. Of course we have to take into consideration my 1 cup measurement (I'm pretty sure they are not exactly the same) and my scale. But it just shows that the 300g mark is not far off.

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According to the nutella nutritional fact label, 1 tbsp = 19g.

There are 16 tbsp in a cup so 16 * 19g = 304g

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    I doubt its going to matter in this case, but you've got some inaccuracies there. First, 19g is presumably 19±0.5g, so you could be off by up to 8g from that. Second, 1T on a nutrition label is a tiny bit bigger than 1T in a recipe (yes, not only does the US have weird measuring units, we have two sets of them under identical names! See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_%28unit%29 for details)
    – derobert
    Commented May 10, 2012 at 20:56
  • @derobert, thanks, I did not know that. So "1 cup" in a recipe, is the customary cup I assume? But I agree that it won't matter for my cookies.
    – Mien
    Commented May 11, 2012 at 19:32
  • @Mien: 1 cup in the recipe is probably the customary cup. Or, really, the size of the measuring cup the recipe author used. Calibration of measuring cups is often very loose.
    – derobert
    Commented May 11, 2012 at 20:57
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On my Nutella jar it says that 2 tablespoons of the deliciousness is 37 grams. So, 37x8= 296 grams of Nutella is one cup.

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    What's with the downvote? The larger the initial measurement, the less error propagation you get, so this answer is probably closer to accurate than the accepted answer.
    – Marti
    Commented Aug 4, 2013 at 3:24
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Here's my trick for measuring sticky, dense things like Nutella: Take whatever liquid you're using and measure an amount, like 1 cup. add the Nutella to the liquid and the level will rise to the measurement you need. For example, if I need 1/2 cup of Nutella and there is milk in my recipe, I'll put 1 cup of milk on my measuring cup, add enough Nutella to bring the combined volume to 1.5 cups. Makes cleaning easier too.

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    Hi Big Crank. Did you actually read the question? How is the OP supposed to put anything in a measuring cup if he doesn't own a measuring cup?
    – Marti
    Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 16:58
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    Although this was not helpful for me particularly, I can imagine it is useful for some people. Thanks for your input!
    – Mien
    Commented Feb 19, 2014 at 19:24
  • @Marti because a measuring cup's worth of thin liquid can easily be measured with either fluid measuring cup (which most kitchens have if they don't have dry measuring cups), or by using a scale and weighing off 250 grams. BTW, one more that needs to go in the "international cooking terms" question...
    – rackandboneman
    Commented Jan 26, 2016 at 19:56
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I estimated that 1 cup of nutella is around 294 grams:

I bought a jar of 350 grams of nutella, used a marker to indicate the nutella level of the jar. Emptied it (I was gonna use it for cookies anyway adjusting the recipe to just one 1 jar).

After cleaning the jar out. I put it on a scale and filled with water. In went 282 grams of water = 282 milliliter of water = 1.19 cups of water.

The 350 grams of Nutella in the jar was 1.19 cups -> Ergo: 1 cup of Nutella = 350/1.19 = 294 grams.

Note 1: The = sign should be interpreted as "equals about"
Note 2: Who would write a recipe needing a cup of nutella, it is almost impossible to measure it.

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  • @Daniel G: your 1.2 g/mL is correct, since 350ml=294 gram (350/294=1.24)
    – Jan Wierenga
    Commented Jun 27, 2015 at 13:52
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Nutella is a bit specialised for most online converters, but butter is virtually the same density, and a cup of that weighs 238g. I wouldn't think you'd go far wrong with that.

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In my research I found my answer to my question. A 13 oz jar of Nutella is equivalent to 1.6 cups for persons that use volume measurements. I used 1 cup 6 oz. Hope this helps somebody:) Fredsmom

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The density of Nutella is 1.2g/ml. Therefore 300grams is equal to 250ml.

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    Where did you find the density? Or did you measure it yourself?
    – slim
    Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 18:16
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The recipe I saw asking for Nutella cookies measured by cup specified 'using dry measuring cup rather than the one used for liquids'. I live in (non-UK) Europe where we routinely do everything by grams and deciliters subsituting weight for volume and the normal substitution would be around 235-250 ml more or less depending on weight per volume

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