When a recipe calls for a cup of chopped nuts, should they be measured before chopping or after chopping?
It seems like it would throw off recipe since you can fit more in once they are chopped?
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"1 cup of chopped nuts" is measured after chopping.
"1 cup of nuts, chopped" is measured before chopping.
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1 cup of chopped nuts: Means you measure out 1 cup of nuts, then you chop 'em up. 1 cup of nuts, chopped: Means you chop up a mess 'o' nuts, then you scoop nuts into a 1 cup measure until you've reached 1 cup's worth.Are nuts measured by weight or volume?
Many baked goods call for nuts from walnuts to pecans, pistachios to macadamias and whatever other nuts strike the recipe developer's fancy. Weighing nuts is the most precise way to measure, yet many recipes (most American recipes for sure) call for nuts by volume such as 1 cup or 1/2 cup.How many ounces is a cup of chopped pecans?
There are about 4 ounces of pecan pieces in a measuring cup. You can use this information as a yardstick for determining the amount or quantity you wish to buy.More answers regarding when a recipe calls for a cup of chopped nuts, should they be measured before chopping or after chopping?
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I'd say it depends on the recipe. "1 cup chopped pecans" I would chop and then measure. If it calls for 1 cup of pecans and then chops them as a step in the recipe, measure first and chop second.
In most cases, I would assume it means after chopping.
Answer 3
1 cup of chopped nuts is 1 cup after chopping.
Answer 4
The writer is unlikely to have thought about it. They'll just write down what they did as they did it, in what they (sometimes erroneously) think is clear language. If it bothers you - and it's unlikely to really matter unless the ingredient is essential to the chemistry involved in the recipe - then consider how they're likely to have made the recipe themselves. It would be silly to chop some unknown quantity of nuts then measure a cup of them. You'd start with a known quantity, then chop them. That is, unless you buy a packet of them ready-chopped. So I suppose the answer is, use your noggin.
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