thea602•1mo agoProlific Poster

PSA: Family recipes that use cups instead of grams are outdated

Weighing ingredients is essential for accuracy in baking.

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Yeah, I feel that. My grandma's cookie recipe is all cups and spoons, and my first batch spread into one giant flat sheet. @blair70 has a point about the charm, but sometimes you just want the thing to actually work, you know? Weighed the flour next time and they came out perfect little circles, not a pancake. A scale just takes the guesswork out, especially with stuff like brown sugar that you can pack way too hard.

corah751mo ago

Tell that to my great aunt's famous brownie recipe, which I've definitely ruined by eyeballing it. My version comes out like tasty chocolate bricks. Maybe a scale would stop me from giving people dental work.

david7031mo ago

Grabbed a cheap scale after my own brick phase. Weighed everything exact for once, even the sugar. Turns out my "cup" of flour was like two cups packed. Also dropped the oven temp 25 degrees and pulled them out early. Now they're fudgy, not floor tiles.

blair701mo ago

Actually, those chocolate brick brownies sound like a feature, not a bug! A lot of old family recipes work precisely because they aren't exact, they leave room for your own touch. Your great aunt probably measured with her favorite cup and a handful of this and that. Maybe the charm is in the slightly different result every time, a real homemade feel.