A good set of measuring cups might not be the sexiest tool in your kitchen drawer, but they’re easily one of the most ...

The recipe you’re following calls for 1 cup of all-purpose flour. Does it really matter how you measure it or which measuring cup you grab out of your kitchen cabinet? Actually, yes. And the ...

If you do a lot of baking, the best way to measure flour is with a scale. If you're scale-less or you're using recipes that don't spell things out in ounces, you can still use a cup to measure the ...

The quality of one’s measuring cups can dictate whether one is, in fact, following the recipe to a T or inventing a new way for flour and eggs to deflate at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. The real ones ...

I found the oblong shape of these Norpro measuring cups more awkward in the corners of my flour containers. They are also not dishwasher safe, which is not optimal since baking ingredients are messy.

That’s why it’s important to know the proper way to measure flour in cups. Baked goods seller King Arthur Baking suggests the “fluff, spoon, and sweep” method for measuring flour.