Use these handy tables to help you in your cooking and baking.

  Food Ingredient Weights

Apples 1 pound 2 1/2 to 3 cups,sliced

Avocado 1 pound 1 cup mashed

Banana 1 medium 1 cup,sliced

Bell peppers 1 pound 3 to 4 cups, sliced

Blueberries 1 pound 3 1/3 cups

Carrots 1 pound 3 cups, sliced

Chocolate morsels 12 oz. 2 cups

Cocoa Powder 1 oz. 1/4 cup

Coconut,shredded 7 oz. 2 1/2 cups

Cream, heavy 1/2 pint 1 cup, 2 cups whipped

Cream cheese 8 oz. 1 cup

Flour 1 pound 4 cups

Lemon 1 medium 3 TB. juice, 2tsp zest

Meat,cooked & diced 1 pound 3 cups

Meat, raw 5 1/2 oz 1 cup,cooked

Mushrooms 1 pound 5 cups, sliced

Onion 1 medium 1/2 cup, chopped

Peaches 1 pound 2 cups, sliced

Peanuts 5 oz. 1 cup

Pecans 6 oz. 1 1/2 cups

Pineapple 1 medium 3 cups, diced

Potatoes 1 pound 3 cups, sliced

Raisins 1 pound 3 cups

Rice 1 pound 2 to 2 1/2 cups,raw

Strawberries 1 pint 1 1/2 cups, sliced

Sugar, brown 1 pound 2 1/4 cups,packed

Sugar,powdered 1 pound 4 cups

Sugar,granulated 1 pound 2 1/4 cups

Tomatoes 1 pound 1 1/2 cups diced

Turnips 1 pound 2 cups, chopped

Walnuts 4 oz. 1 cup

To reduce pie ingredients from a 9" pie to a 6" pie just use one third as much as the original recipe calls for. For example: if it calls for 3 eggs use one. Use the handy reduction table found in the articles section How to Downsize Gluten Free Recipes.

  Pan size Equivalents

If a recipe calls for a certain size pan, you can substitute the pan size by using this list.

9" round cake pan = 9x5x3 loaf pan= 7" tube pan= four 10oz custard cups or ramekins

8" fluted bundt pan = 8x4x2" loaf pan

6" round cake pan = 5 3/4 x 3x2" loaf pan= one 10oz custard cup

One 4 1/2"x2 1/2x1 1/2 loaf pan = two 4" tube pans

  You can also determine the pan size    
       by the amount of batter a recipe makes.

9" round cake pan = 3 1/2 to 4 cups of batter

8" fluted bundt pan = 3 to 3 1/2 cups batter

6" round cake pan = 1 cup batter

8 oz custard cup or ramekin = 1/2 to 3/4 cup batter

6 oz custard cup or ramekin = 1/4 to 1/2 cup batter

4" tube pan = 1/4 to 1/3 cup batter