[Sca-cooks] measuring flour and pound equivalents

Nick Sasso grizly at mindspring.com
Sun Dec 9 11:14:01 PST 2007



-----Original Message-----
> this weekend has been a christmas cookie and treat baking
> weekend with my adult children. the general question asked
> is;
>
> how do i know which way the writer of the recipe measured
> the flour?
>
> my response is normally i assume spoon and level until proven
> otherwise.
>



I have seen it written several times that when using a printed recipe it is
prudent (and generally asssumed) to assume the "dip and sweep" method.  Dip
the cup into the flour and sweep straight edge across to level the cup. It
is my generally chosen method as well.

niccolo difrancesco




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