HELP...recipe calls for 1 lb of brown sugar. How many cups is that? I don't have a bag of brown sugar so I can't just split the bag in half. THANKS!
2007-11-28 13:00:15 · 8 answers · asked by thsp 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I was making carmels....thanks to all the serious helpers. It's 2....I greatly appreciate it!
2007-11-28 14:46:22 · update #1
1 pound is 16 oz. 8 oz equals 1 cup so the answer is 2
2007-11-28 13:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by Ki 4 · 3⤊ 8⤋
A one pound box of brown sugar equals 2 1/3 firmly packed cups. Eight ounces equal 1 1/6 cup. If precise measure is not critical to your recipe, use a cup.
2013-12-22 03:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you weigh this out on a kitchen scale you will find that 1 3/4 cups of firmly packed brown sugar equals 1 lb.
2013-12-10 08:47:12 · answer #3 · answered by joann 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I just picked up my 2 # bag of brown sugar to look at it. It says a serving is 1 teaspoon and there are 226 servings per bag. So using 48 teaspoons per cup (3 x 16), there are 4.7 cups per 2 # so 2.35 cups per pound of brown sugar. So I'd go with 2 cups packed!
2007-11-28 13:12:25 · answer #4 · answered by Dottie R 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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HELP...recipe calls for 1 lb of brown sugar. How many cups is that? I don't have a bag of brown sugar so I can't just split the bag in half. THANKS!
2015-08-24 14:05:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-28 13:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by fin73 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I just looked it up on the website "FareShare Recipe Exchange". Just click on the link "Volume/Weight Conversions" and it lists a whole bunch of ingredients and how much a cup of it weighs.
A cup of lightly packed brown sugar weighs 5 1/3 ounces. A cup of firmly packed brown sugar weighs 8 ounces.
For all the people who answered this question who think that weight ounces and volume ounces are the same thing: They are not the same!!! The morons who invented the English System gave the same unit name (ounces) to both volume and weight. Trying to convert cups to pounds would be the same thing as trying to convert inches to pounds; it can't be done.
The chart on the "FareShare" website is not really a Volume/Weight conversion; they are approximations only. Food products vary in density. Flour, for example, usually weighs more in the winter than in the summer. For small batch recipes, these approximations are OK to use. In large batch recipes that restaurants use, this could really mess up a recipe, especially in baking!!
Hope this helps
2007-11-28 13:57:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Packed or not? I'm not sure about recipes --- sometimes they say "pack the sugar" (brown sugar)
Check and see. You have to be exact when baking.
Sounds like you're making something pretty delicious. Enjoy!
2007-11-28 13:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by advice 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 firmly packed cups or 16 oz
2007-11-28 13:06:25 · answer #9 · answered by Kdid49 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
2 cups.
2007-11-28 13:03:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you cook a lot, use a kitchen scale. Professional bakers use scales, not cups.
2015-12-13 05:28:15 · answer #11 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋