Why are there different measuring cups for wet and dry ingredients?
I don’t understand why I can’t use the same measuring cups for flour and oil. – Cookiecookie A. When you are measuring a dry ingredient like flour you do not want to have the ingredients packed down into the cup because you will end up with too much of the ingredient in your recipe, so a dry measuring cup works best. You should dip the cup into the flour to overflow it and then swipe off the extra flour to make the ingredients level with the top of the cup to get an accurate measure. Don’t tap down the ingredient or shake the cup to level it off. If you are measuring liquids, it would be difficult to use a dry measuring cup because you would have to have the liquid flush with the top of the cup. A see-through measuring cup lets you see that the liquid is at the measurement line and leaves enough room on top so it doesn’t overflow. When you use a liquid measure, the liquid will curl up slightly at the edges of the cup make sure you take the at the lowest point of the liquid. Q. l’m wond
