Convenient Conversions for Easy Recipes

Have you ever happened across a recipe from a cookbook from the UK you were dying to make, but the measurements were Metric? Well here is a conversion chart. It also decodes the gas marks for ovens.

Liquid Measures

Volume             Metric

1/4 tsp             1.25 ml

1/2 tsp             2.5 ml

1 tsp                 5 ml

1/2 TB              7.5 ml

1 TB                  15 ml

1/4 C                60 ml

1/3 C                75 ml

1/2 C               125 ml

2/3 C               150 ml

3/4 C               175 ml

1 C                   250 ml

1 1/4 C            300 ml

1 1/2 C            350 ml

1 pint               500 ml

Solids

Flour  1 C = 160 g

Sugar  1 C = 200 g

Brown Sugar 1 C = 175 g

Powdered Sugar 1 C = 130 g

Butter 1 TB = 15 g, 1 stick = 115 g

Gas Marks

1/2 - 1 = 250 - 275 degrees Fahrenheit

2 = 300 degrees Fahrenheit

3 = 325 degrees Fahrenheit

4 = 350 degrees Fahrenheit

5-6 = 375-400 degrees Fahrenheit

7 = 400 degrees Fahrenheit

8-9 = 450-475 degreed Fahrenheit

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