Cups In A Pound

Decorating By dyann3 Updated 28 Oct 2007 , 5:46pm by indydebi

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dyann3 Posted 28 Oct 2007 , 4:27pm
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I am getting ready to make Crusting Cream Cheese and it calls for 3 lbs of powder sugar. I bought my powdered sugar in a big bag and I was wondering if anyone knew how many cups of powdered sugar is in a pound? Thanks in advance!

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MiaT Posted 28 Oct 2007 , 4:33pm
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Four cups per pound of powdered sugar. But powdered sugar is one of those things it's more accurate to weigh out instead of measure by volume.

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Pambu Posted 28 Oct 2007 , 4:54pm
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2 cups = 16oz

so the 3lbs would be approx 6 cups

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DianeLM Posted 28 Oct 2007 , 4:57pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pambu

2 cups = 16oz

so the 3lbs would be approx 6 cups



Not so with powdered sugar. Because of it's light volume, 2 cups = 8oz. Four cups to a pound of powdered sugar. Three pounds of powdered sugar is approximately 12 cups.

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AnythingSugar Posted 28 Oct 2007 , 5:03pm
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DianeLM is correct. I always buy powdered sugar in bulk and measure it out. Recipes work great with 4 cups equaling one pound.

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mezzaluna Posted 28 Oct 2007 , 5:38pm
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get yourself a good quality digital scale. You will save so much time and effort by weighing ingredients (and much more accurate measurements) instead of measuring out in cups.

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indydebi Posted 28 Oct 2007 , 5:46pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pambu

2 cups = 16oz

so the 3lbs would be approx 6 cups




2 cups of feathers or 2 cups of metal screws?

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Look on the bag under nutritional info to get an idea of weight/volume.

My 7-lb bag of p.sugar says a serving is 1/4 cup and there are 106 servings in the bag.

Do the math ...... that means there are 26.5 cups in a 7-lb bag, which means there are 3.78 cups per pound.

3.78 x 3 = 11.34 cups (or approx 12 cups as the other poster said).

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