Table of Measures and Weights from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer

Table of Measures and Weights

Published 1896

2 cups	butter (packed solidly)	= 1 pound.
2 cups	flour (pastry)	= 1 pound
2 cups	granulated sugar	= 1 pound
2⅔ cups	powdered sugar	=1 pound
3½ cups	confectioners’ sugar	= 1 pound
2⅔ cups	brown sugar	=1 pound
2⅔ cups	oatmeal	=1 pound
4¾ cups	rolled oats	=1 pound
2⅔ cups	granulated corn meal	= 1 pound
4⅓ cups	rye meal	=1 pound
1⅞ cups	rice	=1 pound
4½ cups	Graham flour	=1 pound
3⅞ cups	entire wheat flour	=1 pound
4⅓ cups	coffee	= 1 pound
2 cups	finely chopped meat	= 1 pound
9	large eggs	= 1 pound
1	square Baker’s chocolate	= 1 ounce
⅓	cup almonds blanched and chopped	= 1 pound
	A few grains is less than one-eighth teaspoon.
3	teaspoons	= 1 tablespoon.
16	tablespoons	= 1 cup.
2	tablespoons butter	= 1 ounce.
4	tablespoons flour	= 1 ounce.