Measuring butter or shortening almost always results in a little bit of waste, since you can’t dig every dollop out of your measuring cup. Make it easier to remove the ingredients with a piece of plastic wrap.
Before you measure out what you need, line the inside of your measuring cup with a piece of plastic wrap. Fill in as much as you need, then simply lift the plastic out and scrape/pour it off into the pot. Not only will this result in less waste, it will also leave you with a clean, dry measuring cup for the next thing you need to dole out.
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2 responses to “Line Measuring Cups With Plastic Wrap When Measuring Wet Ingredients”
Or alternatively, just measure it out by weight rather than waste cling wrap like that.
Personally I just eyeball it most of the time. I’ve found that most of what I bake doesn’t end up being that dramatically different if I’m a little over or under.
Not sure how well this works.. but it doesn’t seeeeem like it would work well, given the high surface area of a scrunched piece of plastic vs that of a fixed container. *shrug*