Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Weighing ingredients gives you the most accurate ...

Plus, expert tips for getting the most out of your kitchen scale when baking. Getty Images If you're a home baker, you likely own your fair share of cookie sheets, cupcake tins, and, of course, ...

Convert your sourdough recipe from grams to cups with this simple conversion chart! As you have probably noticed in your ...

Measuring ingredients by weight (in grams) is often more accurate than using cups, especially for dry ingredients like flour. Different ingredients have different conversion rates from grams to cups ...

When you’re cooking dinner, it’s usually fine to just eyeball it with regard to measurements. But certain baking recipes are just so sensitive. Measuring your ingredients correctly can make or break ...

Professional and committed home bakers measure ingredients by weight because precision is important. Dry ingredients settle differently into measuring cups, which also vary a bit in capacity. Plus, ...