This Kitchen Conversion Chart is the perfect tool to help the cook figure out pesky measurement conversions on the fly without having them all memorized.
Scrambling to make a new recipe in time for supper, you discover that the website of choice measures all the dry ingredients on a kitchen scale in grams. You haven’t bought a scale yet, so you have to figure out how to convert grams to teaspoons and cups fast, or choose a different recipe. Pull out our free printable and save yourself time and energy.
Converting measurements in the kitchen is not something that comes naturally to most people. It just isn’t that easy to remember how many milliliters are in a quart, or how many tablespoons are in a ¼ cup. At least it isn’t for me, which is why we created a free printable kitchen conversion chart for you to include in your recipe binder.
This article will discuss the importance of measuring, especially while baking, and will provide you with the tools to make this an enjoyable process, and not a math exercise! With just a few key tools and a charming kitchen conversion printable, you will be enjoying time in the kitchen, whipping up amazing baked goods for your family!
🍽️ Why is Measuring So Important
Measuring ingredients is incredibly important. Being willy-nilly about measurements works fine in some recipes, but can create major issues with others – especially if you are baking.
I am the queen of eyeballing the quantities and calling it good enough, but after a few disastrous situations, I realized that I had to pay more attention to what I was doing for certain recipes.
When baking, there is SCIENCE going on (I know you don’t want to hear that!). Think back to high school where, if we altered one little thing, the results of our science experiment changed completely.
That is what happens here. The results of some recipes change significantly when you use a heaping ⅓ cup vs. leveled ⅓ cup.
🍴Difference Between Dry and Liquid Measurements
Did you know there is a difference between measuring for dry ingredients vs liquid ingredients?
Liquid ingredients – These are easy to measure. You either pour the liquid up to the line marking the correct measurement, or you don’t. There is no chance to mess that up, which I love! It is best to use something like the pyrex measuring cup for liquids.
Dry ingredients – These are a different story, and are better suited to scoops like those featured below. The best method (outside of using a scale) is to spoon your ingredients into the scoop and slide a knife across the top of the scoop to flatten out the ingredients.
Note: Don’t scrape off level if the recipe states “heaping ½ cup” or something like that. Dry ingredients can be tricky with the density of each ingredient as well which is why the pros prefer to use the scale!
🍴Weight vs Volume Ounces
Liquids are measured in fluid ounces, denoting a volume measurement, where dry goods are measured in weight ounces. Confusing? It sure can be, which is why we created a kitchen conversion chart to help you with the most common measurements.
According to Joy of Cooking’s cookbook, when using US measurements, we use the word “ounce” to mean two different things. One ounce means 1/16th of a pound in weight and 1/16th of a pint in fluid measurements.
If I am baking, I prefer to use a scale for measuring dry goods. It is much more accurate and takes a lot of the guesswork out.
When doing a test, Taste of Home asked several Test Kitchen Cooks to measure out one cup of flour. The results ranged from 3 to 5.5 weight ounces. Try to imagine the vast difference in results when you make a batch of your favorite cookies or your Grandma’s famous Red Velvet Cake if your measurements were that far off.
🥘 Do I Need to Use a Scale
This is a tough one because you don’t have to if you are really careful measuring and using the proper tools.
If you are meticulous though, you may want to use a scale for the increased accuracy in measuring ingredients
This is the scale I actually use in my kitchen for accurate measurements. I love how the bowl is removable. I can wash it and use it again another time very easily.
🍽️ Why You Should Use a Scale
To give you an idea, here is what Taste of Home provides as a reference for cups vs grams. This is a great starter reference guide when using a scale. Since it isn’t always easy to remember what the conversion is, we included them in the kitchen conversion chart below.
- All-purpose or bread flour: 1 cup = 125 grams
- Cake four: 1 cup = 140 grams
- Self-rising flour: 1 cup = 125 grams
- Whole wheat flour: 1 cup = 120 grams
- Cocoa powder: 1 cup = 85 grams
- Baking powder: 1 teaspoon = 4 grams
- Baking soda: 1 teaspoon = 6 grams
- Butter: 1/2 cup (1 stick) = 113 grams
- Granulated sugar: 1 cup = 200 grams
- Packed brown sugar: 1 cup = 220 grams
- Confectioners‘ sugar: 1 cup = 113 grams
💡The Best Measuring Tools/ What is the Difference Between Liquid Measuring Cups and Dry Measuring Cups
The best measuring tools are those that measure correctly EVERY SINGLE TIME.
For dry ingredients, it is best to stick to stainless steel like these. They don’t warp or distort when washed as the plastic ones can. Bonus: they last forever!
For liquids, Pyrex has been knocking it out of the park for decades! These are 5 star review measuring cups for a reason. The accuracy will never be questioned. Bonus: they are microwave safe and last forever.
For scales, this Etekcity one is a dream, especially for the price. I love the bowl feature for this one. It detaches, which makes it easy to wash and put back on the scale. When you use a scale, place the dish on the scale FIRST, set the scale to zero and then add your ingredients.
🥣 Baking Conversions
To make converting the most common kitchen measurements easier, we broke down our kitchen conversion chart into separate categories.
Baking Ingredient Conversions separates out the basic ingredients into cups, weight ounces, and grams depending on how you intend to measure. The most common ingredients used for baking are shown, including brown sugar, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, flour, butter, cocoa, and liquids.
We show you how to convert specific ingredients from cups to ounces or grams with a quick glance at the chart. We start with 1/4 cup so that you do not have to do any math to use this chart!
If you need 1/3 cup of granulated sugar, that means you need 2 1/2 ounces or 75 grams. It’s all spelled out for you in an easy-to-read format.
Granulated Sugar Conversion Chart
| 1/4 Cup | 2 Ounces | 60 grams |
| 1/3 Cup | 2 1/2 Ounces | 75 grams |
| 1/2 Cup | 4 Ounces | 120 grams |
| 2/3 Cup | 5 Ounces | 150 grams |
| 3/4 Cup | 6 Ounces | 180 grams |
| 1 Cup | 8 Ounces | 240 grams |
Brown Sugar Conversion Chart
| 1/4 Cup | 1 1/2 Ounces | 45 grams |
| 1/3 Cup | 2 Ounces | 60 grams |
| 1/2 Cup | 3 Ounces | 90 grams |
| 2/3 Cup | 4 Ounces | 120 grams |
| 3/4 Cup | 4 1/2 Ounces | 135 grams |
| 1 Cup | 6 Ounces | 180 grams |
Icing Sugar Conversions – Powdered Sugar Conversions
| 1/4 Cup | 1 Ounce | 30 grams |
| 1/3 Cup | 1 1/3 Ounce | 40 grams |
| 1/2 Cup | 2 Ounces | 60 grams |
| 2/3 Cup | 2 2/3 Ounces | 80 grams |
| 3/4 Cup | 3 Ounces | 90 grams |
| 1 Cup | 4 Ounces | 120 grams |
Flour Conversion Chart
| 1/4 Cup | 1 1/4 Ounces | 40 grams |
| 1/3 Cup | 1 1/2 Ounces | 50 grams |
| 1/2 Cup | 2 1/2 Ounces | 75 grams |
| 2/3 Cup | 3 1/3 Ounces | 100 grams |
| 3/4 Cup | 3 3/4 Ounces | 110 grams |
| 1 Cup | 5 Ounces | 150 grams |
Cocoa Conversion Chart Imperial to Metric
| 1/4 Cup | 1 Ounce | 30 grams |
| 1/3 Cup | 1 1/3 Ounce | 40 grams |
| 1/2 Cup | 2 Ounce | 60 grams |
| 2/3 Cup | 2 2/3 Ounces | 80 grams |
| 3/4 Cup | 3 Ounces | 90 grams |
| 1 Cup | 4 Ounces | 120 grams |
Butter Conversion Chart
| 1/4 Cup | 2 Ounces | 60 grams |
| 1/3 Cup | 2 1/2 Ounces | 75 grams |
| 1/2 Cup | 4 Ounces | 120 grams |
| 2/3 Cup | 5 Ounces | 150 grams |
| 3/4 Cup | 6 Ounces | 170 grams |
| 1 Cup | 8 Ounces | 225 grams |
Liquid Imperial to Metric Conversions
| 1/4 Cup | 2 Fluid Ounces | 60 ml |
| 1/3 Cup | 2 1/2 Fluid Ounces | 75 ml |
| 1/2 Cup | 4 Fluid Ounces | 120 ml |
| 2/3 Cup | 5 Fluid Ounces | 150 ml |
| 3/4 Cup | 6 Fluid Ounces | 180 ml |
| 1 Cup | 8 Fluid Ounces | 240 ml |
💡Conversions Chart
This kitchen ingredient conversion chart takes volume measurements and converts them into many common volumes that you may need. The bonus section on this one is the conversion of the oven temperatures.
You are now ready to convert just about anything in your kitchen! As long as you have the right tools, you are set up for success!
Volume Conversion Charts
| 1 Quart = | 1 Pint = | 1 Cup = | 1/4 Cup = | 1 TBSP = |
| 4 Cups | 2 Cups | 16 TBSP | 4 TBSP | 3 TSP |
| 32 Ounces | 16 Ounces | 8 Ounces | 2 Ounces | 1/2 Ounce |
| 950 ml | 480 ml | 240 ml | 60 ml | 15 ml |
| Cups | TBSP | TSP | ML |
| 1 | 5 | ||
| 1/16 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 1/8 | 2 | 6 | 30 |
| 1/4 | 4 | 12 | 60 |
| 1/3 | 5 1/3 | 16 | 80 |
| 1/2 | 8 | 24 | 120 |
| 2/3 | 10 2/3 | 32 | 160 |
| 3/4 | 12 | 36 | 180 |
| 1 | 16 | 48 | 240 |
Oven Temperature Conversion Chart – Celsius to Fahrenheit.
| Celsius | Fahrenheit | Celsius | Fahrenheit |
| 120º | 250º | 180º | 350º |
| 140º | 280º | 190º | 375º |
| 150º | 300º | 200º | 400º |
| 160º | 325º | 230º | 450º |
How to Convert Measurements from the Imperial System to the Metric System
For years, people in the United States have been writing their recipes using the Imperial system which includes, ounces, cups, teaspoons, and pounds. The rest of the world uses the metric system, which is a tens-based system and includes things like liters, grams, and milligrams.
After at least a hundred years of talking about switching to the metric system, we are finally starting to see it become more mainstream here in the U.S. However, most of us still have all of our favorite recipes passed down from generations with Imperial measurements.
Use our recipe conversion chart to quickly convert cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons into milliliters. We make it easy! We also make it easy to switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures for baking. It’s all spelled out for you on the chart.
Kitchen Ingredient Substitutions
Another problem you can encounter with a new recipe is not having the ingredients you need on hand. We take care of that by providing you with a list of common ingredient swaps.
In this recipe conversion chart, we tell you how to substitute brown sugar with white sugar and molasses. We tell you how to make your own allspice or apple pie spice. I’ve even included how to convert raw materials like ginger into dried form!
Have you ever wondered how much onion powder you would need to replace a medium onion? Using this cooking conversion chart, you will never have to guess again. I’ve even shown you how to make your own self-rising flour.
Sugar and Flour Substitutions Chart Per Cup
| amount | ingredient | substitute with |
| 1 Cup | brown sugar | 1 cup white sugar + 1/4 cup Molasses (reduce liquids by 1/4 cup) OR 1 cup white sugar OR 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar (confectioners sugar or icing sugar) |
| 1 Cup | white sugar | 1 cup brown sugar OR 1 1/4 cup confectioners sugar OR 1 cup coconut sugar OR 3/4 cup honey, corn syrup. or maple syrup (decrease liquids in the recipe by 1/4 cup for these options.) |
| 1 Cup | cake flour | 3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour + 2 TBSP cornstarch |
| 1 Cup | self-rising flour | 1 cup flour + 1 tsp baking powder = 1/4 tsp baking soda |
Herbs and Spices Substitutions Chart
| amount | ingredient | substitute with |
| 1 tsp | allspice | 1/2 tsp cinnamon + 1/4 tsp ginger +1/4 tsp cloves |
| 1 tsp | apple pie spice | 1/2 tsp cinnamon + 1/4 tsp nutmeg + 1/8 tsp cardamom |
| 1 clove | garlic | 1/2 tsp bottled minced garlic OR 1/8 tsp garlic powder |
| 1 tbsp | ginger (raw) | 1/8 tsp powdered ginger |
| 1 tbsp | herbs (fresh) | 1/2 tsp dried herb, crushed |
| 1 tbsp | horseradish (fresh) | 2 tbsp horseradish, bottled |
| 1 tsp | lemon zest | 1/2 tsp lemon extract or 2 tsp lemon juice |
| 1 tsp | mustard (dry) | 1 tbsp prepared mustard |
| 1 tbsp | onion powder | 1 tbsp dried minced onion OR 1 medium onion, chopped. |
| 1 tsp | pumpkin pie spice | 1/2 tsp cinnamon + 1/4 tsp ginger + 1/4 tsp allspice + 1/8 tsp nutmeg |
| 1 piece | vanilla beans | 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract |
| 1 tbsp | soy sauce | 1 tbsp tamari |
Standardized Abbreviations for Units of Measurement
- Cup = C
- Tablespoon = TBSP
- Teaspoon = tsp
- Ounce = oz.
- Pound = lb.
- Liter = l
- Milliliter = ml
- gram = g
- milligram = mg
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Substitutions
Egg Substitutions – When you don’t have an egg, or can’t use eggs because of allergies, you can still make amazing food! Use our egg substitutions chart.
Cooking and Baking Ingredient Substitutions – Substitutions for all the most common ingredients in your kitchen so that you never have to give up on a recipe again!
Organization
Kitchen Organization Binder – This binder has six pages to get your freezer, pantry, and refrigerator all organized! Menu planners and shopping lists are bonuses so you don’t re-buy what you already have! This is the perfect place to put your Kitchen Conversion Chart as this will become your “go-to” binder for all things in your kitchen.
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Cooking Information
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