Update: I was packing brown sugar wrong for a decade until my mother in law saw my pantry

Ray Webb · 2026-10-02T18:20:03.33285+00:00

My mother in law stayed with us last month and watched me scoop brown sugar straight from the bag into a measuring cup, packing it down with the back of a spoon. She just stood there and then said, that is why your cookies spread flat, dear. Turns out I had been measuring by volume when every good recipe I own lists it in grams, and 1 cup packed wrong can swing by almost 40 grams. I bought a $12 kitchen scale on Tuesday and my oatmeal cookies finally came out thick instead of pancake flat. Anyone know if the same thing applies to powdered sugar or am I overthinking it?

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