Creative Cooking Tips - Common Food Yields

Cooking Tips
Common Food Yields

How often do you read a recipe and wonder if you have the required amount of ingredients? The table below is a handy guide to help take away from some of the guesswork :)

Food	Recipe Calls for	You will Need

Apples	3 medium or 2 1/2 to 3 cups sliced	1 pound
Bananas	3 medium or 2 cups sliced	1 pound
Berries	3 1/2 cups hulled	1 quart
Beans, Lima	2 1/2 cups cooked	1 cup uncooked
Beans, navy	2 1/2 cups uncooked or 6 cups cooked	1 pound
Bread	12-16 slices	1 pound loaf
Bread crumbs, soft	1 cup	1-2 slices
Bread crumbs, dry	1 cup	3-4 slices
Butter, margarine	1/2 cup (1 stick)	4 oz.
Butter, margarine	2 cups	1 pound
Cabbage	3 1/2 to 4 cups shredded	1 pound
Cheese, American	1 cup shredded	1/4 pound
Cheese, cheddar	1 cup grated	4 oz.
Cheese, cottage	1 cup	8 oz. (1/2 lb.)
Cheese, cream	6 tablespoons	3 ounces
Chocolate, unsweetened	1 square (1/4 cup cocoa)	1 oz.
Chocolate,	1/4 cup cocoa	1 oz.
Chocolate, chips	1 cup	6 oz.
Coconut, shredded	1 1/3 cup	4 oz.
Coffee, ground	80 Tablespoons	1 lb.
Corn	1 cup cut off cob	4 ears
Corn Meal	3 cups	1 lb.
Corn Meal	1 cup cooked	1/4 cup uncooked
Cream, whipping	1 cup or 2 cups whipped	8 oz.
Cream, whipped	1 cup	1/2 cup heavy cream
Dates	2 1/2 cups sliced	1 pound
Eggs	1 pound	9 medium
Eggs, whole	1 cup	4-6 eggs
Eggs, whites	1 cup	8-10 eggs
Eggs, yolks	1 cup	12-14 eggs
Flour, all purpose	3 1/2 cups (3 3/4 sifted)	1 lb.
Flour, cake	4 3/4 cups (5 sifted)	1 lb.
Graham crackers	1 cup finely rolled	12-15 square
Honey	1 cup	3/4 lb.
Lemon juice	3 tablespoons	1 medium
Lemon peel	2 tablespoons	1 medium
Macaroni	4 1/2 cups cooked	8 oz. uncooked
Marshmallows, large	10 miniature marshmallows	1
Marshmallows, miniature	11 large marshmallows	1 cup
Solid Meat	2 cups	1 lb.
Noodles, uncooked	2 1/4 cups cooked	4 ounces uncooked
Nuts, coarsely chopped	3 cups	1 lb.
Nuts in general (average)	1 cup chopped 2 cups shelled	1/4 pound shelled 1 pound in shell.
Onion, medium	1/2 cup chopped	1
Orange juice	1/2 cup	1 medium
Orange peel	1/4 cup	1 medium
Peas	1 cup cooked	1 pound unshelled
Potatoes	3 medium or 2 1/2 cups sliced	1 pound
Prunes	2 cups cooked and pitted	1 pound
Raisons	3 -3 1/2 cups	1 lb.
Rice, converted	3 to 4 cups cooked	1 cup uncooked
Rice, long grain	4 cups cooked	1 cup uncooked
Rice, quick cooking	2 cups cooked	1 cup uncooked
Shortening	2 tablespoons	1 ounce
Spaghetti	2 1/2 cups cooked	4 ounce uncooked
Sugar, brown	2 2/3 cups	1 lb.
Sugar, confectioner's	4 cups	1 lb.
Sugar, granulated	2 cups	1 lb.
Sugar, powdered	3 1/2 cups	1 lb.
Tomatoes	3 medium	1 pound
Yeast, dry	4 tablespoons	1 oz.

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