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American cup measurements?

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  • kunekune
    kunekune Posts: 1,909 Forumite
    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.
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  • wendy+5
    wendy+5 Posts: 342 Forumite
    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
    Rikki Posts: 21,625 Forumite
    Room soft not runny soft.

    Are you rubbing in or beating in?
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  • wendy+5
    wendy+5 Posts: 342 Forumite
    I just mashed it all together with my hands! :o
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,225 Forumite
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    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.

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  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    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
    rosh12 Posts: 197 Forumite
    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 :D
  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
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    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 :D

    British and American cup measurements are different.
  • JoolzS
    JoolzS Posts: 824 Forumite
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    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.

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  • thriftlady_2
    thriftlady_2 Posts: 9,128 Forumite
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    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.
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