What's in a cup?

I've initially chosen to use American measurements for the recipes on this website, since that is what most of us are using, but I am in the process of adding metric measurements as I review the recipes. Below a quick overview of conversions.

Please remember that a cup holds 8 fluid ounces, not 8 weight ounces. This can sometimes be confusing. Just think of it like this: a cup of lead will be heavier than a cup of feathers. Where available, I've specified the weight in grams. 

Butter
1 stick = 8 tablespoons = 115 grams. One tablespoon of butter is 14 grams.

Cup
1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons = 8 fluid ounces or 236 ml.
1/2 cup = 118 ml.

Flour (all purpose)
1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons = 150 grams.
1/2 cup = 75 grams,
1/3 cup = 50 grams.

Sugar (granulated)
1 cup = 200 grams
1/2 cup = 100 grams
1/3 cup = 65 grams
1/4 cup = 50 grams

Sugar (powdered/icing)
1 cup = 125 grams
1/2 cup =  62.5 grams

There are also some handy scales available that will allow you to change weight units. This is the one I use in my kitchen:

   


There are also quick conversion calculator online.

23 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2014 at 7:30 PM

    I am totally enjoying this blog! My husband and I both are from dutch background so it's been fun to have recipes for some of the food we grew up loving. One "thing" I never had growing up was hachee but I sure plan to make it this weekend. Keep up the great work! Helen

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 11:38 AM

      When I was younger I hated hachee because the meat was usually so tough... and you end up chewing and chewing and chewing... ;)

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  2. LettyMarch 7, 2014 at 6:36 PM

    Thanks for so many wonderful recipes! They all come out great and I so enjoy the stories that go with them...One request: I know you have chosen to use American measurements... but, I still feel so much more accurate when I weigh ingredients for baking. Could you consider to give both for future recipes? Thank you, Letty

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  3. DirkMarch 23, 2014 at 8:58 PM

    I live in Canada and am from Dutch background. I enjoy baking and cooking and learned a lot as a child growing up in Holland. I still make a fair amount of Dutch and Indonesian dishes, much to the delight of my wife and kids. I do not use a lot of Amarican measures as I weight most all my ingredients in metric. Thanks for your site, I have used it several times for desserts, cookies and breads. I found your recipes to be very tasty and accurate to what I have been grown up with.
    I have also posted some of my recipes on a dutch site.
    Dirk Schonewille

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  4. AnonymousMarch 26, 2014 at 11:36 AM

    We , husband and me are dutch and we enjoy you recipes, I just made slavinken and they were so good. Thank you

    Catharina [ toos]

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  5. Marcia DhanisMarch 5, 2015 at 2:11 PM

    I enjoy this blog very much. I grew up eating potatoes, meat and a vegetable every evening. I also enjoyed delicious pea soup and I was able to reproduce the very taste using your recipe. Thank you. My grandmother made oliebollen every Christmas and these many years later I make her recipe for the family to enjoy.

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  6. UnknownMay 25, 2015 at 8:21 AM

    I'm a half-Dutch Canadian. My mother says that my best half is Dutch, but of course, she's biased! When I was little, my mother often made a quick bread that in her family was just called koek, so that's the only name I know it as. The recipe made 2 loaves, and I remember the main ingredients being applesauce, melted butter (margarine), and the spices included cloves and nutmeg. She used to put candied fruit and peel in one loaf only, because half of us liked it with and other half liked it without! It's delicious buttered and with a cup of tea. Do you know the proper name for this recipe?
    I love your blog, and when I'm retired and have time for such things, I'm going to be trying many of these recipes.
    Thank you!!

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  7. InostrateJuly 17, 2015 at 12:07 PM

    Heel leuk om als Nederlandse te lezen wat nu typisch Nederlands is en zo goed geschreven! Compliment van een medeblogster!

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  8. Michelle VosOctober 27, 2015 at 12:13 PM

    I found your blog by searching for a Dutch group in Idaho where I could donate some Dutch language children's toys and books. I will have to try some of these recipes and surprise my family.

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  9. Michelle VosOctober 27, 2015 at 12:18 PM

    I found your blog by searching for a Dutch group in Idaho where I could donate some Dutch language children's toys and books. I will have to try some of these recipes and surprise my family.

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  10. Oxnard J PhilpottDecember 16, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Great recipes, but how do I copy them so I can cook them? It won't let me copy and paste.

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  11. YolandeOctober 11, 2016 at 9:28 AM

    I am Flemish and had no idea that this blog excited. Very nice and I do recognize many recipes. Well done.

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  12. ingridOctober 15, 2016 at 1:22 PM

    Wat ontzettend leuk om te lezen!
    Hartelijke groet uit Nederland
    Ingrid

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  13. AnitaOctober 24, 2016 at 1:40 PM

    I am dutch and have been in the States for 46 years, and forgot some of the recipes. I happen to come across this blog the other day looking for Stroop. This is so great, now I can make a lot of dutch foods again. My family is really looking forward to it. Hartelijk bedankt voor al U werk.

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  14. AnonymousDecember 5, 2016 at 2:58 AM

    i have lived on and off in holland. i find your recipes so exhilirating. i would like to get a copy of your recipes. i live in a country far from supplies but whenever some ingredients are in supply it is more of now-you-see-it-now you-don't or just plain out of stock so to speak. i bake and cook and your recipes are so delightful. so how do i go about it? i am well aware of your rules.

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    1. Nicole HoltenDecember 5, 2016 at 7:31 PM

      Anonymous, I am glad you enjoy the website! People have printed the recipes (right click on the page), or copied them.

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  15. UnknownJanuary 31, 2018 at 12:14 PM

    Leuk om zo iets te vinden in de VS, hartelijk bedankt voor uw moeite om de rest van ons te helpen, zal goed gebruiken maken van de recepten.

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  16. ClasinaFebruary 9, 2018 at 10:49 PM

    Ik ben een Hollander en woon all 60 jaar in Australia en maak Oliebollen en Appelflappen voor de laatste 50 jaar(overgenomen van mijn vader). zal uit kijken naar de andere recepten en denk wel dat ik ze een beurt geef om te maken. Eet Smakelijk.

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  17. UnknownNovember 24, 2019 at 4:33 PM

    Was aan het zoeken naar Kaasvlinders, stuite op jouw blog. Heerlijk deze recepten. Ik woon al 20 jaar in de USA. Nu kan ik mijn partner hollandse dingen laten proeven.

    Bedankt voor deze blog, zal vaak terug komen.

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  18. Thea GeachDecember 12, 2020 at 2:47 PM

    Are your oven temps. for a fan oven?

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  19. Nicole HoltenDecember 13, 2020 at 1:39 PM

    Hello Thea, the temperatures on this oven are for an electric, bottom heat, non-fan oven.

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  20. Arie PosthunmusOctober 17, 2021 at 7:48 AM

    1/4 cup of sugar is 50 grams not 25 grams see above under SUGAR

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