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Re: weight of flour

Ellen <x47@suespammers.org>
Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:49:09 -0400
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 >Following the recent thread about using scales coincidently I have been
 >struggling to convert my bread recipes from avoirdupois to the metric
 >system. Weighing dry ingredients seems straightforward (rightly or wrongly
 >I assume that 1 cup of flour is equal to 8 ounces or 228 grams).

The weight of a cup of flour (regular white flour bleached or unbleached) 
is usually 4 or 4 1/2 oz by weight. For bread recipes that only use cup 
measurements I usually weigh out 4 1/2oz per cup and then hold some back 
when adding the flour and see if I need all of it or not. Some recipes seem 
to be assuming more like 5oz cups ....

Ellen