1 cup of rolled oats should weigh 3 ounces or 85 grams. I also apply this rule to instant oats, but with rolled oats I 'cheat' and scoop with my measuring cup. (For more tips, watch my video on how to properly measure flour.) Lightly shake off the excess or use a knife to gently level it off. Also avoid 'tapping' the measuring cup (this causes flour to settle and become more dense). Spoon flour from the bag lightly into the measuring cup. I'm too lazy to do this, but if you're a little more hardcore than me: 1 cup of flour should weigh 4.5 ounce or 128 grams.Īlways use the spoon & level method for measuring flour.This same rule can also be applied to other dry ingredients, but there are a couple of exceptions (I'll get to that in a minute).ĭo not scoop the flour out of the bag with your measuring cup. My 'baker' friends weigh their flour, which is even more accurate than measuring. When measuring dry ingredients, you want to use individual measuring cups (like the silver ones in the picture above) or measuring spoons to ensure an accurate reading. In just a few minutes you'll learn the difference between wet and dry ingredients, which measuring cup to use, and how to measure properly.
After last week's topic on measuring conversions, today's Teaching Tuesday is dedicated to wet and dry measurements.