Kitchen Measurements – How to know what equals what

Have you ever wondered how many cups make a pint or how many teaspoons make a Tablespoon?  You can get some help with your Kitchen Measurements below.

When I was a new cook, I was always trying to figure out what things were, where things went and what the heck some cookbooks were trying to tell me, so being the type of person who creates charts for just about everything, I did some research and found those kitchen measurements that I was always in need of.

Trust me, you don’t want to be in the kitchen trying to get dinner made or your spouses favorite dessert made you don’t know how much of something equals something else…

There are some recipes where you can’t take the time away from what you are doing to flip through a book or a website to find the answer, so I created a little cheat sheet and I have it taped on the inside of the cabinet door where I keep all my measuring cups, spoons, etc.  This way I always know it is close by.

I’ve done this for other things also, such as what I can use as a substitute for something I’m out of, etc. (I will share those little substitution tidbits later on).

But for now, I’ll stick with the kitchen measurements.

Kitchen Measurements

a dash = less than 1/8 teaspoon

1 ounce = 2 Tablespoons

3 teaspoons = 1 Tablespoon

4 Tablespoons = 1/4 cup

5 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup

8 Tablespoons = 1/2 cup

16 Tablespoons = 1 cup

1 cup = 1/2 pint

2 cups = 1 pint

4 cups = 1 quart

2 pints = 1 quart

4 quarts = 1 gallon

2 Tablespoons = 1 ounce dry ingredients

16 ounces = 1 pound

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