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Metric in
the Kitchen

The most frequent measurements made in the home are those used for cooking and baking. Metric "cup and spoon" measures are only slightly larger than, and can often be used interchangeably with, the customary "cup and spoon". There are only a few ingredients that are now measured by weight (pounds and ounces) that will be expressed differently in metric recipes.

"Metric
Chocolate
Chip Cookies"

Recipe reprinted from "Living With Metrics"
courtesy of Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.,
Pleasantville, New York

550 mL
5 mL
5 mL
250 mL
175 mL
175 mL
5 mL
2
2

250 mL

unsifted flour
baking soda
salt
butter or margarine, softened
granulated sugar
firmly packed brown sugar
vanilla extract
eggs
168 gram packages semisweet
chocolate chips
chopped nuts

	Preheat the oven to 190 °C. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt, set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Using 5 mL measure, drop by rounded measures onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Makes 100 5 cm cookies.

Liquid and Dry Measure Equivalencies*

Customary	Metric
1/4 teaspoon	1.25 milliliters
1/2 teaspoon	2.5 milliliters
1 teaspoon	5 milliliters
1 tablespoon	15 milliliters
1 fluid ounce	30 milliliters
1/4 cup	60 milliliters
1/3 cup	80 milliliters
1/2 cup	120 milliliters
1 cup	240 milliliters
1 pint (2 cups)	480 milliliters
1 quart (4 cups, 32 ounces)	960 milliliters (0.96 liters)
1 gallon (4 quarts)	3.84 liters

1 ounce (by weight)	28 grams
1/4 pound (4 ounces)	114 grams
1 pound (16 ounces)	454 grams
2.2 pounds	1 kilogram (1,000 grams)

*approximately

Oven Temperature Equivalencies

Description	Farenheit	Celsius
Cool	200	90
Very Slow	250	120
Slow	300-325	150-160
Moderately Slow	325-350	160-180
Moderate	350-375	180-190
Moderately Hot	375-400	190-200
Hot	400-450	200-230
Very Hot	450-500	230-260

METRIC Measures Up

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