Volume to weight conversions

Submitted by sphealey on May 21, 2006 - 8:44am

Volume to weight conversions

Here are some commonly needed volume to weight conversions from a popular reference:

All-purpose flour: 1 cup = 5 oz = 142 g

Bread flour: 1 cup = 5.5 oz = 156 g

Whole wheat flour: 1 cup = 5 oz = 144 g

Rye flour: 1 cup = 4.6 oz = 130 g

For reference

1 cup = 2.37 dl
1 dl = 0.423 cup = 6.8 tbs

(cup and tbs are US (presumably ANSI) cup and US tablespoon. I have no idea what a metric cup or metric tablespoon are, although they do seem to exist!).

sPh

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Submitted by sadears on January 28, 2007 - 1:33pm.

Starter weight

How much does starter weight? Let's say 2 cups rye starter?

Steph

Submitted by crumb bum on January 28, 2007 - 5:09pm.

The weight of the starter would depend entirely on the hydration of the starter. I like to relate everything to the amount of flour used. For example if you have a starter that you feed 1 cup flour and 1 cup by volume it is at 166% hydration. Water (237g) divided by Flour (142g) equals 1.66 or 166%. For me it is much easier to calculate the amount of starter needed for a dough as a percentage. It will save you having to convert back and forth. Hope this helps.

Da Crumb Bum