How many grams is 1 cup of flour?

120 g for all-purpose, bread or cake flour spooned into the cup and leveled, and 113 g for whole wheat (King Arthur Baking). Flour scooped straight from the bag packs down, so a scooped cup weighs more.

How do I scale a recipe up or down?

Multiply every amount by desired servings ÷ original servings. Going from 24 to 36 servings is ×1.5, so 2.25 cups of flour becomes 3.375 cups (3 3/8), or 405 g. Halving 8 servings to 4 turns 3/4 cup of sugar into 3/8 cup, 74.25 g. For a whole recipe, choose Scale a whole recipe and paste the list: from 4 to 8 servings, 1 1/2 cups flour becomes 3 cups flour and 2-3 eggs becomes 4-6 eggs. Cooking times and pan sizes do not scale in a straight line, so check those separately.

How much does a tablespoon of kosher salt weigh?

It depends on the brand: Diamond Crystal weighs 8 g a tablespoon and Morton 16 g, so a tablespoon of Diamond Crystal holds as much salt as half a tablespoon of Morton. Table salt is 18 g a tablespoon, 6 g a teaspoon.

How many eggs are in a cup?

About 4.86 large eggs (50 g each) make a cup of beaten egg, which USDA weighs at 243 g. The converter counts eggs as small 38 g, medium 44 g, large 50 g, extra large 56 g and jumbo 63 g.

How many grams is a stick of butter?

113 g, which is 8 tablespoons or half a US cup. A cup of butter is 2 sticks, 226 g.

How many grams is 1 cup of cocoa powder?

84 g of unsweetened cocoa, from King Arthur's 42 g per half cup. Cocoa is light, so 100 g is about 1.19 cups.

Cooking Scale Converter

Scale a whole recipe by servings, or turn cups, spoons or mL of an ingredient into grams, ounces or eggs by King Arthur and USDA weights (1 cup flour = 120 g). How it works

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Density 0.5072 g/ml, from the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart: 1 cup weighs 120 g. Spooned and leveled.

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120 g

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In milliliters

236.6 ml

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120 g

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Weights per cup come from the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart and USDA FoodData Central. Flour is the spooned and levelled weight; scooped from the bag a cup weighs more. Kosher salt differs by brand, so both Diamond Crystal and Morton are listed. Weigh when precision matters.

Recipe scaling uses a straight factor (desired servings divided by original servings).

About the Cooking Scale Converter

1 cup of all-purpose flour weighs 120 g spooned and leveled, 1 cup of granulated sugar 198 g and 1 cup of butter 226 g, from the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart. The converter multiplies by desired servings ÷ original servings and then converts with the ingredient's own weight per cup: 2.25 cups of flour for 24 servings, scaled to 36, is 405 g or 3 3/8 cups.

Weight of 1 cup and 1 tablespoon by ingredient

Ingredient	1 cup (g)	1 cup (oz)	1 tablespoon (g)	Source
All-purpose flour	120 g	4.233 oz	7.5 g	King Arthur
Bread flour	120 g	4.233 oz	7.5 g	King Arthur
Cake flour	120 g	4.233 oz	7.5 g	King Arthur
Whole wheat flour	113 g	3.986 oz	7.063 g	King Arthur
Granulated sugar	198 g	6.984 oz	12.38 g	King Arthur
Brown sugar (packed)	213 g	7.513 oz	13.31 g	King Arthur
Powdered sugar (unsifted)	113 g	3.986 oz	7.063 g	King Arthur
Butter	226 g	7.972 oz	14.13 g	King Arthur
Vegetable oil	198 g	6.984 oz	12.38 g	King Arthur
Olive oil	200 g	7.055 oz	12.5 g	King Arthur
Water	236.6 g	8.345 oz	14.79 g	1 g per mL
Whole milk	244 g	8.607 oz	15.25 g	USDA
Honey	339 g	11.96 oz	21.19 g	USDA
Maple syrup	312 g	11.01 oz	19.5 g	King Arthur
Table salt	288 g	10.16 oz	18 g	King Arthur
Kosher salt (Diamond Crystal)	128 g	4.515 oz	8 g	King Arthur
Kosher salt (Morton)	256 g	9.03 oz	16 g	King Arthur
Cocoa powder (unsweetened)	84 g	2.963 oz	5.25 g	King Arthur
Long-grain rice (dry)	198 g	6.984 oz	12.38 g	King Arthur
Rolled oats (old-fashioned)	89 g	3.139 oz	5.563 g	King Arthur
Almonds (whole)	142 g	5.009 oz	8.875 g	King Arthur
Walnuts (chopped)	113 g	3.986 oz	7.063 g	King Arthur
Chocolate chips	170 g	5.997 oz	10.63 g	King Arthur
Eggs (whole, shelled)	243 g	8.572 oz	15.19 g	USDA

US cup (236.6 mL) and tablespoon, as the converter shows them. Flours are spooned and leveled. Where the source weighs a half or quarter cup (butter, olive oil, maple syrup, cocoa, rice), the cup figure is scaled from it.

Cups to grams by ingredient

Ingredient	1/4 cup	1/3 cup	1/2 cup	1 cup	2 cups	3 cups	4 cups
All-purpose flour	30 g	40 g	60 g	120 g	240 g	360 g	480 g
Bread flour	30 g	40 g	60 g	120 g	240 g	360 g	480 g
Cake flour	30 g	40 g	60 g	120 g	240 g	360 g	480 g
Whole wheat flour	28.25 g	37.67 g	56.5 g	113 g	226 g	339 g	452 g
Granulated sugar	49.5 g	66 g	99 g	198 g	396 g	594 g	792 g
Brown sugar (packed)	53.25 g	71 g	106.5 g	213 g	426 g	639 g	852 g
Powdered sugar (unsifted)	28.25 g	37.67 g	56.5 g	113 g	226 g	339 g	452 g
Butter	56.5 g	75.33 g	113 g	226 g	452 g	678 g	904 g
Vegetable oil	49.5 g	66 g	99 g	198 g	396 g	594 g	792 g
Olive oil	50 g	66.67 g	100 g	200 g	400 g	600 g	800 g
Water	59.15 g	78.86 g	118.3 g	236.6 g	473.2 g	709.8 g	946.4 g
Whole milk	61 g	81.33 g	122 g	244 g	488 g	732 g	976 g
Honey	84.75 g	113 g	169.5 g	339 g	678 g	1017 g	1356 g
Maple syrup	78 g	104 g	156 g	312 g	624 g	936 g	1248 g
Table salt	72 g	96 g	144 g	288 g	576 g	864 g	1152 g
Kosher salt (Diamond Crystal)	32 g	42.67 g	64 g	128 g	256 g	384 g	512 g
Kosher salt (Morton)	64 g	85.33 g	128 g	256 g	512 g	768 g	1024 g
Cocoa powder (unsweetened)	21 g	28 g	42 g	84 g	168 g	252 g	336 g
Long-grain rice (dry)	49.5 g	66 g	99 g	198 g	396 g	594 g	792 g
Rolled oats (old-fashioned)	22.25 g	29.67 g	44.5 g	89 g	178 g	267 g	356 g
Almonds (whole)	35.5 g	47.33 g	71 g	142 g	284 g	426 g	568 g
Walnuts (chopped)	28.25 g	37.67 g	56.5 g	113 g	226 g	339 g	452 g
Chocolate chips	42.5 g	56.67 g	85 g	170 g	340 g	510 g	680 g
Eggs (whole, shelled)	60.75 g	81 g	121.5 g	243 g	486 g	729 g	972 g

Grams for US cups as the converter returns them; 1/3 cup is a third of the 1-cup weight. Flours are spooned into the cup and leveled: flour scooped from the bag packs down and weighs more.

Eggs by size

Egg size	Weight	Eggs per cup of beaten egg
Small	38 g	6.395
Medium	44 g	5.523
Large	50 g	4.86
Extra large	56 g	4.339
Jumbo	63 g	3.857

USDA FoodData Central weights for a raw whole egg without the shell, and 243 g for a cup of beaten egg.

Frequently asked questions

How many grams is 1 cup of flour?: 120 g for all-purpose, bread or cake flour spooned into the cup and leveled, and 113 g for whole wheat (King Arthur Baking). Flour scooped straight from the bag packs down, so a scooped cup weighs more.
How do I scale a recipe up or down?: Multiply every amount by desired servings ÷ original servings. Going from 24 to 36 servings is ×1.5, so 2.25 cups of flour becomes 3.375 cups (3 3/8), or 405 g. Halving 8 servings to 4 turns 3/4 cup of sugar into 3/8 cup, 74.25 g. For a whole recipe, choose Scale a whole recipe and paste the list: from 4 to 8 servings, 1 1/2 cups flour becomes 3 cups flour and 2-3 eggs becomes 4-6 eggs. Cooking times and pan sizes do not scale in a straight line, so check those separately.
How much does a tablespoon of kosher salt weigh?: It depends on the brand: Diamond Crystal weighs 8 g a tablespoon and Morton 16 g, so a tablespoon of Diamond Crystal holds as much salt as half a tablespoon of Morton. Table salt is 18 g a tablespoon, 6 g a teaspoon.
How many eggs are in a cup?: About 4.86 large eggs (50 g each) make a cup of beaten egg, which USDA weighs at 243 g. The converter counts eggs as small 38 g, medium 44 g, large 50 g, extra large 56 g and jumbo 63 g.
How many grams is a stick of butter?: 113 g, which is 8 tablespoons or half a US cup. A cup of butter is 2 sticks, 226 g.
How many grams is 1 cup of cocoa powder?: 84 g of unsweetened cocoa, from King Arthur's 42 g per half cup. Cocoa is light, so 100 g is about 1.19 cups.

Scaling a recipe and weighing it

Eggs count by size, so 3 large eggs for 4 servings become 4.5 eggs (225 g) for 6. Half an egg is hard to measure, so beat the eggs and weigh out the grams. To scale a whole recipe, choose Scale a whole recipe and paste the ingredient list, one per line: each leading quantity is multiplied and the unit is kept, so for 4 to 8 servings 1 1/2 cups flour becomes 3 cups flour and ½ cup sugar becomes 1 cup sugar. Lines with no quantity, such as salt to taste, are kept and marked. To turn cups into grams, use the single-ingredient converter: pick the ingredient, enter the amount and unit, and leave both servings equal. For an ingredient that is not listed, choose Custom ingredient and type its grams per cup or per mL: at 150 g a cup, 2 cups is 300 g.

Scale, then convert

grams = amount × unit size, using the ingredient's weight per cup for cups, spoons and mL
scaled grams = grams × desired servings ÷ original servings
the scaled grams are then converted to the unit you pick

Example: a recipe for 12 that uses 1.5 sticks of butter, scaled to 18 servings, multiplies by 1.5. That is 1.5 × 113 × 1.5 = 254.25 g, shown as 254.3 g, or exactly 18 tablespoons and 2.25 sticks (2 1/4).

Weights per cup are from the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart and USDA FoodData Central, and water is 1 g per mL. Flour weighs 120 g a cup when spooned in and leveled; scooped from the bag it weighs more. Eggs count by size (small 38 g to jumbo 63 g) and butter by the 113 g US stick. A volume result also shows the nearest kitchen fraction when one is within 1%.

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