How Many do I Need? Recipe Equivalents

We’ve taken care of how many fruits and vegetables you need for recipes, but what about other ingredients, such as:  Bread, beans, butter, etc….We can’t forget them…Your recipe calls for 1/2 cup crumbled bacon, but how many slices is that?  You will need 8 slices cooked crisply to get your 1/2 cup.

You need 5 to 6 cups of cooked beans, then you will need 1 pound of dried beans or 2 1/4 cups.

Now for Green beans you will need 3 cups of 1 inch pieces to equal 1 pound.

A 1 pound loaf of bread will usually have about 12 slices.  One cup of soft crumbs means you will need about 1 1/2 slices of bread.  And 1 cup of dry crumbs means you will need 4 to 5 slices of toasted or oven-dried bread.

Two cups of Butter  or margarine means you will need 1 pound (4 sticks).  One stick of butter equals 1/2 cup.

A 4 ounces of cheese will get you 1 cup.

Your recipe calls for 2 cups of cottage cheese, then you will need a 16 ounce container.

Six ounces of chocolate chips equal 1 cup and 1 square of baking chocolate equals 1 ounce.

Sour cream…1 cup equals 8 ounce container

1/2 pint of Heavy whipping cream equals 1 cup or 2 cups whipped.

How many recipes have you had that called for crumbs?  Well, 27 cookies equal 1 1/2 cups, 21 wafer squares equals 1 1/2 cups and 29 squares of graham cracker equals 1 cup.  You need about 38 crackers to get 1 1/2 cups.

Need 1 cup of eggs?  You will need 4 large eggs…

3 1/2 cups of flour equals 1 pound

It takes 10 miniature Marshmallows to equal 1 large

You will need 1 cup of chopped, sliced or slivered nuts to equal 4 ounces.  And 1 pound of whole or halved nuts to equal 3 to 4 cups.

Need 4 cups of cooked macaroni?  then you will need 2 cups of uncooked.  4 to 5 cups of uncooked noodles will get you 4 cups cooked and 8 ounces of Spaghetti uncooked will make 4 cups fo cooked spaghetti.

1 cup of uncooked brown rice will make 4 cups of cooked rice, 1 cup of uncooked instant white rice will make 2 cups cooked and 1 cup of uncooked long grain or wild rice will make 3 cups cooked.

Does your recipe call for 1 pound of uncooked shrimp?  If you are using Jumbo you will need 21 to 25 shrimps, Large equals 31 to 35 shrimp, Medium will need 41 o 45 shrimp and you will need 51 to 60 shrimp if you are using small ones.

One pound of brown sugar will yield you 2 1/4 cups packed – 1 pound of granulated sugar equals 2 1/4 cups and 1 pound of powdered sugar equals 4 cups.