How to Measure Flour
Learn how to measure flour, sugar, mix-ins, and other common baking ingredients accurately and become a better baker in no time. Stop worrying about kitchen fails and start having fun baking with consistent results every time!
Servings: 1 cup
Calories: 455kcal
Equipment
- Measuring Cups
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
- Spoon or Whisk
- Straight Edge Tool or Knife
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
Spoon & Sweep
- Fluff or whisk the flour first. Spoon spoonfuls of the flour into a 1 cup measuring cup piling it slightly over the top until full, then use a straight edge tool like a bench scraper or the straight edge of a knife to sweep across the top of the measuring cup to level it off, returning the excess flour to your flour container.
Weighing
- Place a bowl onto a kitchen scale and zero it out by pressing the "tare" button. Spoon or pour enough flour into the bowl to measure 120g to 125g. Both are commonly accepted standard weights for 1 cup of flour depending on the source you are using, so I feel fine saying that anything between those amounts will suffice.
- It's actually unnecessary to fluff the flour first if you are just measuring for weight, although if your flour is particularly compacted you might want to anyway to break up clumps.
Nutrition
Calories: 455kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 134mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 6mg