All ingredients, dry or liquid, are measured by weight. But how they are measured needs to be different due to their differing physical properties. That’s why different types of measuring cups ...

The flour in your recipe will be most accurately and easily measured in a dry measuring cup. Liquid measuring cups are designed to accurately measure (drumroll please!)–liquid ingredients!

I talk a lot about how measuring cups stack in this piece, with good reason. Measuring cups come in sets, so they must be stacked for storage. However, I quickly learned during my tests that not ...

Packing dry ingredients into a wet measuring cup means you’re likely measuring ... at counter-level to check for the meniscus of your liquid ingredients. Instead, you can read the measurement ...

learning to scoop and level my dry ingredients with the dry cups, and using liquid measuring cups for oils and other wet ingredients, which greatly reduced my tragic spills. Take it from a recipe ...

Liquid: "I prefer a glass liquid measuring cup because it can be microwaved if I need to warm the contents," Langan says. Advertisement Dry: Metal is the most durable material for dry measuring cups.

We suggest starting with dry spices, baking powder, and the like before you move on to oil, honey, vanilla extract, and other liquids. As with measuring cups, most measuring spoons are made from ...

Every home baker worth their salt probably knows liquid measuring cups and dry measuring cups are not the same, but not everyone has the same depth of experience. What's more, even those with ...