I love using my scale and measuring my ingredients for all the reasons PJ discusses. However, one of the challenges I had as I went from measuring cups to the scale was converting old recipes I had made for years. I used conversion charts but that didn't always work, especially with flour. Many times the results were not good. So this is what I did and it has worked well for me. When using an old recipe and converting it to weights, I would measure my flour, etc, the "old way" using measuring cups. Then I would weigh the flour and write the weight in grams in my cookbook or on my old recipe card. From then on, I could use the weight measurement and be sure my baking results would be consistent with what I had come to expect through the years. So if you are having trouble converting old recipes, give this a try.

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