Cooking without scales

Penelope_Penguin

Dizabelle wrote: »

They are cooling at the minute!

Can't wait for a cuppa and one of them! We have normal shaped ones plus some elephants for my two year old, who is somehow head to toe in flour! Still a bath will take up some more of the afternoon!

Thanks

I'd love an elephant scone I don't have a cutter, so may make some chook ones tomorrow :rotfl:

I'll add this to the existing thread on how to cook without scales, which has more tips.

Penny. x

nimbo

annie123 wrote: »

how much in say, tablespoons is 1 oz of flour? and 1oz of butter?

doesnt have to be in spoons all I could think of quickly

1 heaped table spoon of flour is one ounce.... (as much above as below....)

the same with sugar...

and a level tablespoon of butter is 1 ounce according to my mum, and this is also how i cook...

thriftlady_2

nimbo wrote: »

and a level tablespoon of butter is 1 ounce according to my mum, and this is also how i cook...

Only if you have very large tablespoons. The standard tbsp measures 15ml which is more like half an ounce;)

hob

dose anyone know how i could make gs/oz in to cups?
or dose anyone have a recipe that uses cups?

also when i replace my scales anyone know of some good quality ones that will a, be easy to read, b, will last

Pretani

judge it. add your liquid in gradually. , everyone has likes, thin crisp or thick?

tanith

This might help http://www.recipedelights.com/measurements.htm

hob

ops sorry should of said i use a BM thanks for the link i think i might print that out incase this happens again stick i in the back of one of my cook books

foxgloves

I don't use cups to measure, but I can remember being taught at school (v old-style cookery teacher) that a big heaped tablespoon of flour is equal to an ounce.

esmy

I rarely use scales. I was taught to bake by my Mum who never used them. Roughly:
1oz fat(marg or butter) is approx size of a medium egg
1oz flour is a heaped tablespoon
1oz sugar is a rounded tablespoon
Most recipes don't seem to suffer for not being weighed out.
HTH

caitybabes

Hello,

I use:

1.5 cups water
4 cups flour (plus a bit more)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp yeast
glug of olive oil

A cup is about 240ml so if you find a teacup/small mug/glass that holds that much liquid it'll be the right size.

Enjoy your pizza

Cait x