Wet vs. Dry

Use dry measuring cups (typically cups with a handle where the measure is met by filling right to the top) for solid ingredients, and liquid measures (glass, plastic, or metal cups where the measure is marked on the side of the cup in increments) for wet ingredients. Chopped fresh fruits, dried fruits, and nuts can be measured in a glass liquid measure so the volume can be better seen, and because the volume size of liquid measures is often large (i.e., a 4-cup/1 L measure would be used to measure apples for a pie).