Measurement Conversions
The cookie recipes on this site are those typically used in the United States. We use liquid measurements for baking, but some people don’t. To help those that need to convert our cookie recipe measurements into something more familiar to them, I’ve created the following charts. These charts can also come in handy if your measuring cup set is missing a particular cup!
Liquid Measurement Chart:
| teaspoon | tablespoon | fluid ounce | gill | cup | pint | quart | gallon | |
| 1 teaspoon = | 1 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 1/24 | - – - | - – - | - – - | - – - |
| 1 tablespoon = | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 | 1/16 | - – - | - – - | - – - |
| 1 fluid ounce = | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 | 1/8 | 1/16 | - – - | - – - |
| 1 gill = | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 1/8 | - – - |
| 1 cup = | 48 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 1/16 |
| 1 pint = | 96 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/8 |
| 1 quart = | 192 | 64 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1/4 |
| 1 gallon = | 768 | 256 | 128 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 firkin = | 6912 | 2304 | 1152 | 288 | 144 | 72 | 36 | 9 |
| 1 hogshead = | 48384 | 16128 | 8064 | 2016 | 1008 | 504 | 252 | 63 |
Note: It can be confusing that the US uses liquid measurements to measure our dry ingredients. In the US, we normally use dry measurements to measure things like berries. If you are used to baking with dry measurements please use the following chart to convert our liquid measurements to your dry measurements:
Dry Measurements:
| DRY UNIT | LIQUID UNIT |
| 1 pint, dry = | 1.1636 pints, liquid |
| 1 quart, dry = | 1.1636 quarts, liquid |
| 1 gallon, dry = | 1.1636 gallons, liquid |
Weight
Just in case you aren’t confused enough, we now need to consider the issue of weight. An ounce of weight is NOT the same as a fluid ounce. There is no easy way to convert these measurements without getting all technical about density and whatnot. There are also different types of weight measurements- Troy weight, Apothecaries weight, and Avoirdupois weight.
In the US, when someone is referring to weight and pounds (especially in cooking) they are using the Avoirdupois weight measurement. Most of the recipes on this site are not calling for the weight of an ingredient, they are calling for the volume. You may run across heirloom or foreign recipes that call for measurement by weight. Get out your scale and remember this:
16 ounces (of weight) = 1 pound
