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Cooking without scales

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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,288 Forumite
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    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 :D 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.

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  • nimbo
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    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:confused:

    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...

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  • thriftlady_2
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    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
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    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
    Pretani Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    judge it. add your liquid in gradually. , everyone has likes, thin crisp or thick?
  • tanith
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    This might help http://www.recipedelights.com/measurements.htm
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  • hob
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    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
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    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.
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  • esmy
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    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
    caitybabes Posts: 442 Forumite
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    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
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