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kitchen tips

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Recipe by
Jeanne Benavidez
@jeanneben
Odessa, TX

I found these tips in my recipe file but I don't know where I got them. They were written on a sheet of notebook paper and tucked inside one of my old cookbooks so I've had them for many years. Thought they might be helpful.

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method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For kitchen tips

  • COMMON WEIGHT RANGE REPLACEMENTS
  • 12 oz
    = 15g
  • 1 oz
    = 25g or 30g
  • 4 oz
    = (1/4 pound) = 115g or 125g
  • 8 oz
    = (1/2 pound) = 225g or 250g
  • 16 oz
    = (1 pound) = 450g or 500g
  • 1 1/4 lb
    = 625g
  • 1 1/2 lb
    = 750g
  • 2 lb
    = 1,000g
  • 2 1/4 lb
    = 1kg
  • OVEN TEMPERATURE EQUIVALENTS
  • 300ºf = 150ºc
  • 325ºf = 160ºc
  • 350ºf = 180ºc
  • 375ºf = 190ºc
  • 400ºf = 200ºc
  • 425ºf = 220ºc
  • 450ºf = 230ºc
  • 475ºf = 240ºc
  • 500ºf = 260ºc
  • BAKING PAN SIZES
  • 9x1 1/2 round cake pan = 22 or 23x4cm (1.5 l)
  • 9x1 1/2 pie plate (same as above) or 1l
  • 8x8x2 square cake pan = 20x5cm (2 l)
  • 9x9x2 square cake pan = 22 or 23x4.5cm (2.5l)
  • 11x7x1 1/2 baking pan = 28x17x4cm (2l)
  • 2 quart rectangular baking pan = 30x19x4.5cm (3l)
  • 13x9x2baking pan = 34x22x4.5cm (3.5l)
  • 15x10x1 jelly roll pan = 40x25x2cm
  • 9x5x3 loaf pan = 23x13x8cm (2l)
  • 2 quart casserole = 2l
  • U.S./STANDARD METRIC EQUIVALENTS
  • 1/8 tsp
    = 0.5 ml
  • 1/4 tsp
    = 1ml
  • 1/2 tsp
    = 2ml
  • 1 tsp
    = 5ml
  • 1 Tbsp
    = 15ml
  • 2 Tbsp
    = 25ml
  • 1/4 c
    = 2 fluid ounces = 50 ml
  • 1/3 c
    = 3 fluid ounces = 75ml
  • 1/2 c
    = 4 fluid ounces = 125ml
  • 2/3 c
    = 5 fluid ounces = 150ml
  • 3/4 c
    = 6 fluid ounces = 175ml
  • 1 c
    = 8 fluid ounces = 250ml
  • 2 c
    = 1 pint = 500ml
  • 1 qt
    = 1 litre

How To Make kitchen tips

  • 1
    Product Differences; US ingredients and their possible counterparts:
  • 2
    White Sugar is granulated, fine granulated, or castor sugar.
  • 3
    Powdered Sugar is icing sugar.
  • 4
    All purpose flour is enriched, bleached or unbleached white household flour. When self-rising flour is used in place of all purpose flour in a recipe that calls for leavening, omit the leavening agent (baking soda or baking powder) and the salt.
  • 5
    Light colored corn syrup is golden syrup
  • 6
    Cornstarch is cornflour.
  • 7
    Baking soda is bicarbonate of soda.
  • 8
    Vanilla or vanilla extract is vanilla essence.
  • 9
    Green, red, or yellow sweet peppers are capsicums or bell peppers.
  • 10
    Golden raisins are sultanas.
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