American cup measurements?

kunekune

This is probably too late. But just look on a website from Australia or New Zealand and you'll find all the recipes are in cups.

wendy+5

How do I measure butter in a cup? Do I let it soften? Melt?

It's for cookies if that makes a difference. Thanks.

Rikki

Room soft not runny soft.

Are you rubbing in or beating in?

wendy+5

I just mashed it all together with my hands!

Penelope_Penguin

wendy+5 wrote: »

How do I measure butter in a cup? Do I let it soften? Melt?

It's for cookies if that makes a difference. Thanks.

According to this site, a cup of butter is 8oz or 227g

I'll add this to the exisitng thread on American measurements later.

Penny. x

thriftlady_2

Yes, a cup of butter is 8 oz.

I use US recipes quite a lot and I never measure my butter in a cup.

In the States butter is sold in 4 oz sticks (half a cup) so it is easy to measure without scales or cups.

Unfortunately our butter is sold in 250g packs which is a more like 9 oz, so either weigh or mark the block in 9 slices and use 8 of them;)

rosh12

Just to say I bought a set of measuring cups in Asda the other day for something like 80p! Bargain... and really handy for lovely American cookie / brownie recipes... and much less faff than converting everything

Gigervamp

rosh12 wrote: »

Just to say I bought a set of measuring cups in Asda the other day for something like 80p! Bargain... and really handy for lovely American cookie / brownie recipes... and much less faff than converting everything

British and American cup measurements are different.

JoolzS

Gigervamp wrote: »

British and American cup measurements are different.

No they aren't - unless it's an oldish cookbook. And even on the rare occasion they are different - it usually makes no real difference.

Julie

thriftlady_2

Gigervamp wrote: »

British and American cup measurements are different.

All the cup measuring sets I have seen here are American;)

If it is 8 floz to a cup then they're American.

Other tips for following American recipes -a US pint is 16 floz and not 20 as it is here. A cup measures half a pint although it is not referred to as such.

Recipes often call for a quart of something. A quart is a quarter of a gallon or 2 pints (8 pints to a gallon). Therefore a US quart is 32 floz and not 40 as here. Handily 32 floz is just over 1 litre.