I’m Jessica, a mom on a mission to show other women that you can live well without breaking the bank. I like to share the thrifty, creative ways that I make changes in my home in the hopes that it will spark the creativity in someone else! I love to share DIY projects, crafts, simple recipes and cleaning tips too!
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Cooking is such fun, but sometimes you don't want to cook or bake a full recipe. If you are cooking for one or two people, then making a full casserole or meal just isn't needed. This Printable Kitchen Conversion Chart will show you how to cut a recipe in half so you can waste less, but still cook your favorite meal or treat...just a smaller version!
How to Cut a Recipe in Half
Have you even opened a cookbook or found a recipe on Pinterest and thought, "I don't really need to feed that many people?" Most recipes feed 4-6 people, and a lot of the time, I'm only cooking for my husband and myself and don't really want to waste so much food making a full meal for that many people. I always have the hardest time figuring out how to halve the recipe though...math is just not my thing. To make cutting those recipes in half, I decided to put together a recipe conversion chart that I could keep handy for those times that I need a little kitchen math help!
To print out your own free Kitchen Conversion Chart for Cutting Recipes in Half, click HERE or click the picture above. You can print it out, download it and save it on your phone or tablet or save it to one of your favorite Pinterest boards so you can access it quickly when needed. I keep a printed version on the side of my refrigerator because I need it a lot! I also have it on my iPhone for quick reference if I am shopping for ingredients and don't want to overbuy.
I hope this conversion chart helps you in your kitchen too! Check out more of my helpful printables including cleaning charts and grocery lists HERE on my Printables Page!
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36 responses to “How To Cut A Recipe In Half - Printable Kitchen Conversion Chart”
Thank you so much Jessica. I made several copies for my mom, aunts and myself. It will come in handy since each of our households consist of just two people. It will help tremendously to cut down our favorite family recipes that feed an army down to more manageable amounts.
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You are so welcome, Donna! Glad I could help :) ~Jess
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Jessica, great cheat sheet it will come in very handy
Just cut the 1/2 of the recipe in half again! Hope this helps! ~Jess
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Jessica, I teach 7 - 9th-grade students how to cook. This how-to will help a lot!
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So happy I could help! I love teachers...keep doing an amazing job!
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This is so helpful!!! Thank you!
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This will really help me as my household was just cut to 1 and I thought cooking for 2 was hard this is harder. That is why this will help as I can cut this 1/2 into 1/2 again and hope it works.
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My mother and mother-in-law are both cooking for one now, and I've been thinking about doing a special series on cooking for one, so keep your eyes open for that! I'm glad I could help you with this!! xoxo, Jess
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Thank you so much for this post.
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Wow, amazing. This is an excellent post, one that I will be using a lot! Why now? Because as of next fall, it will just be my hubby and I
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Jessica, thank you so much for the chart. Now perhaps I can cook something in half the time it takes me now. I'm always trying to figure these things out but now your chart will be at my fingertips. And its pretty!
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Once you have halved yhe recipe isthere a way you k ow what size the tin you bake it in should be?
A good rule of thumb is to set your timer for half the amount of time called for in the original recipe. So if a 9" x 13" cake takes 50 minutes to bake and you've halved the recipe to bake in a 9" cake pan, set your timer to start checking after 25 minutes.
If you're sautéing or searing a halved recipe, keep the heat and cook time the same but size down your pan. If you're cooking a halved recipe in the oven, keep the oven temperature the same but size down your cooking vessel and reduce the cook time by 1/3 — but check on it as you go.
Cooking and baking times are a little tricker to predict when cutting down a recipe. Do not cut the cooking time in half just because your recipe is halved. However, you may need to reduce it slightly.
"Cutting in" means incorporating the butter into the flour in such a way that little lumps of the raw butter remain whole within the flour mixture. When the dough is baked, these little lumps create separation in the structure of the finished product, which is what gives it that flaky consistency.
The trick is to switch your measurements to units that are simpler to split, such as tablespoons and teaspoons. Key Measurement Conversions for Scaling Down Recipes: 1 cup = 16 tablespoons (tbsp) = 48 teaspoons (tsp) Half of 1 cup = 8 tablespoons = 24 teaspoons.
Use the basic conversion rule to solve any problem: from a larger unit to a smaller unit, multiply.From a smaller unit to a larger unit, divide. It's really that simple!
An appropriate conversion factor makes calculation quick and easy. For example, the appropriate conversion value, to convert inches to feet, is 12 inches = 1 foot, and for temperature conversions, we use C/5=F-32/9=K-273/5. Listed below are a few topics that are related to conversion of unit.
The factor is a multiplier that will be used to increase or decrease the quantity of ingredients in a recipe. The factor is determined by dividing the desired yield (in number of servings) by the current recipe yield (in number of servings).
The trick is to switch your measurements to units that are simpler to split, such as tablespoons and teaspoons. Key Measurement Conversions for Scaling Down Recipes: 1 cup = 16 tablespoons (tbsp) = 48 teaspoons (tsp) Half of 1 cup = 8 tablespoons = 24 teaspoons.
If you notice quickly that your cake is underbaked, you can pop it back into the oven to finish baking. This will not 'fix' the sinkage or help it rise any further, but it may help salvage the inedible center of the cake.
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