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Becky
Yield Equivalencies
Food This Much Equals This Much
Apples 1 pound (3 Medium) 2 3/4-3 cups sliced
Bacon 8 slices 1/2 cup crumbled
Bananas 1 pound (3 medium) 2 1/2 cups sliced,
2 cups mashed
Barley
*regular 1 cup, uncooked 4 cups cooked
*quick 1 cup, uncooked 3 cups cooked
Beans, dry 1 cup, uncooked 3 cups cooked
Bread Crumbs 1 slice dry 1/4-1/3 cup crumbs
1 slice, soft 1/2-3/4 cup crumbs
Cabbage 1 pound 3 1/2-4 1/2 cups
shredded
Candied Fruit 1/2 pound 1 1/4 cups cut up
or Peels
Cheese
*American 1 pound 4-5 cups shredded
*Cheddar 1 pound 4 cups shredded
Coconut, 1 pound 5 cups
flaked or shredded
Chocolate
*morsels or chips 6-oz package 1 cup
*cocoa 1 pound 4 cups
*chocolate, 1/2 pound 8 (1-oz. ea) squares
unsweetened
Coffee 1 pound 40-50 servings
Cornmeal 1 pound 3 cups dry
1 cup uncooked 4 cups cooked mush
Crackers
*graham 10 crackers 1 cup fine crumbs
*soda 16 crackers 1 cup coarse crumbs
22 crackers 1 cup fine crumbs
Cranberries, 1 pound 4 cups
fresh uncooked
Cream, 1 cup (1/2 pint) 2 cups whipped
heavy whipping
Dates, 1 pound 2 1/2 cups
pitted and cut up
Fat
*butter or 1 pound (4 sticks) 2 cups
margarine, solid 1/4 pound ( 1 stick) 1/2 cup or 8 Tbsp
*butter, whipped 1 pound 3 cups
*oils 1 quart 4 cups
*shortening 1 pound 2 1/2 cups
Figs, 1 pound 2 2/3 cups
dried and cut fine
Flour
*corn 2 pounds 8 cups
*gluten, sifted 2 pounds 6 1/2 cups
*rice 2 pounds
-sifted 7 cups
-stirred, spooned 5 3/4 cups
*rye 2 pounds
-light, sifted 10 cups
-dark, sifted 7 cups
*soy 2 pounds
-full-fat, sifted 15 cups
-low-fat 11 cups
*Wheat
-all-purpose, sifted 5 pounds 20 cups
-all-purpose, sifted 2 pounds 8 cups
-unsifted, spooned 2 pounds 7 cups
-bread, sifted 2 pounds 8 cups
-cake, sifted 2 pounds 9 1/4 cups
-cake, spooned 2 pounds 8 1/4 cups
-pastry, sifted 2 pounds 9 cups
-self-rising, sifted 2 pounds 8 cups
-whole-wheat, 2 pounds 6 2/3 cups
stirred
Marshmallows
*standard size 1 pound 4 cups
*miniature 1 pound 13 1/2 cups
Nuts
*Almonds
-in shell 1 pound 1-1 3/4 cups nutmeats
-shelled 1 pound 3 cups blanched whole
*English walnuts
-in shell 1 pound 1 2/3 cups nutmeats
-shelled 1 pound 4 1/2 cups halves
3 2/3 cups chopped
*filberts
-in shell 1 pound 1 1/2 cups nutmeats
-shelled 1 pound 3 1/4-3 1/2 cups nutmeats
*peanuts
-in shell 1 pound 2-2 1/4 cups nut meats
-shelled 1 pound 3-3 1/4 cups nut meats
*pecans
-in shell 1 pound 2 1/4 cups nut meats
-shelled 1 pound 4-4 1/2 cups halves
3-3 3/4 cups chopped
Oats, rolled 1 cup uncooked 1 3/4 cups cooked
1 ounce uncooked 1/3 cup uncooked
Onion 1 small 1/4 cup chopped
1 medium 1/2 cup chopped
1 large 1 cup chopped
Pasta
*macaroni 1 pound 4 cups, uncooked
1 cup uncooked 2-2 1/4 cups cooked
*noodles 1 cup uncooked 1 3/4 cups cooked
*spaghetti, 1 pound 4 3/4 cups uncooked
2-in. pieces 9-10 cups cooked
Popcorn 1/4 cup kernels 8 cups popcorn
1/3 cup kernels 12 cups popcorn
Potatoes 1 pound 1 1/2-2 1/4 cups cooked,
diced or sliced
white (3 medium) 1 3/4-2 cups mashed
Prunes, dried, 1 pound 2 1/4 cups
whole and pitted
Raisins 15 oz. package 3 cups
1 pound 3 1/4 cups
Rice
*regular 1 cup uncooked 3 cups cooked
*minute 3/4 cup uncooked 1 1/3 cups cooked
Shrimp, fresh 3/4 pound raw in shell 1 cup cooked and cleaned
(1) 7 oz. package, frozen
peeled, cooked
(1) 4 1/2 or 5 oz. can
Sugar
*brown 1 pound 2 1/4 cups firmly packed
*confectioners', 1 pound 3-4 cups
unsifted
*granulated 1 pound 2 1/4 cups
5 pounds 11 1/4 cups
Tea, loose 1 pound 200 cups
Tomatoes 1 pound 1 1/2 cups chopped
(3 medium) 3/4 cup sliced
Zucchini 1 medium 1 cup loosely packed,
(5-6 oz.) grated
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