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Measuring Flour and Quick Conversions

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Whether it's for baking bread, or any type of baking, accuracy is important. Here I show you how to measure flour for baking, and quick conversions to have on hand when preparing my recipes or any other recipe.

Measuring flour.
Cooking measurement instruments.

How to measure correctly

  • Cups, tablespoons and teaspoons are standard measurements. If you don't have one, purchase a measuring set.
  • When measuring flour by cups or tablespoons, do not squeeze or compact it, fill the cup, and then level it flush with a knife.
  • If the recipe only mentions weight measurements (pounds, grams, ounces, kilograms, etc.), it is always preferable to weigh. You can use the conversions below, but this may affect the result.

How to measure flour by cups

Flour measuring utensils

To measure flour you will need one of the following, depending on what the recipe calls for

  • Measuring spoons (US)
  • Measuring cups (US)
  • Scale (metric and English)

Quick conversion tables

Remember that conversions are never exact, especially when converting from one type of measurement to another (weight to volume, for example).

1 kilogram2.2 pounds
1 pound0.45 kilograms
1 pound16 ounces
1 teaspoon⅓ tablespoon
To convert from kilogram to librasmultiply by 2.2046
To convert from pounds to kilogrammultiply by 0.4536
Tabla de conversión rápida.

Flour measurements

Flour quantityEquals to
1 kilogram2.2 pound
1 pound0.45 kilogram
1 pound16 ounces
½ cup2.4 ounces
½ cup68 grams
1 cup4.8 ounces
1 cup136 grams
2 cup9.6 ounces
2 cup272 grams
Conversión rápida de medidas de harina todo uso.

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FAQs

How many cups are in a pound of flour?

1 pound of all-purpose flour is about 3 ⅓ cups of flour.

How many cups are 500 grams of flour?

500 grams of flour is about 4 cups of flour.

2 pounds of flour in cups?

2 pounds of flour equals approximately 6 ⅔ cups.

How many ounces is 1 cup of flour?

1 cup of flour equals approximately 4.15 ounces.

How many tablespoons are in an ounce of flour?

One ounce of flour equals approximately 3.63 tablespoons.

½ kilo of flour in cups?

½ kilo of flour contains approximately 4 cups.

How many grams are in a cup of flour?

There are approximately 136 grams in one cup of flour.

1 kilo of flour in cups?

1 kilo of flour equals approximately 8 cups.

How much is ¾ cups of flour?

¾ cup of flour equals approximately 3.11 ounces, or 88 grams.

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Published by Tia Clara - Feb 20, 2005

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  1. mall shopping centre

    April 07, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    very interesting, I wonder if we can make a more practical measurement system, I saw one that was with an ounce of salt or three fingers and so on.

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  2. Tia Clara

    July 20, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Luckily for us, it's what's kept us "in business". 😀

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