PSA: my grandma's 60 year old recipe card said 1 cup of flour weighs 4.5 ounces and I've been baking wrong this whole time

Sam Lee · 2026-09-29T10:10:06.008514+00:00

I was going through my grandma's recipe box in her kitchen in Sacramento and found a note on the back of her pie crust card that said to scoop flour into the cup and level it off, not pack it down like I've always done. I tried her way on a batch of biscuits and they came out lighter and taller than anything I've made in 5 tries with my usual method. Does anyone else weigh their flour or am I the only one still using the scoop and pray method?

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