Question about measurements in recipe... the recipe I am looking at says:

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cheezz

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30 grams/0,4 cups/1 dl almond flour

Ok, so does this mean you have a choice of...

30 grams

1/4 cup

1 dl (what the heck is a 'dl' anyway?!)

 
I think it means "demi-liter" or a tenth of a liter. That doesn't seem to translate accurately to

1/4 cup, or 1/16 of a quart. A quart is very close to a liter.

I'd go with the grams--do you have a digital scale?

 
Bit bizarre

That seems like a very bizarrely written ingredient amount. Mixing up volume and weight always drives me nuts -- I am a believer in weighing since volumes can vary widely. In any case, 30 grams is about one ounce. 0,4 cups means four-tenths of a cup. 1 dl means one deciliter, or one-tenth of a liter, or 100 ml. For flour, I would tend to use the weight measurement (the grams/ounce). cheers, Bonnie

 
most flour weighs about 30 grams per quarter cup

I've never weighed almond flour but most of the traditional flours I've used weigh somewhere around 30-33 grams per quarter cup. As previously mentioned, dl is probably an abbreviation for deciliter. A deciliter is 100ml. Since a tablespoon is 15ml, a dl is about 6.5TB, considerably more than a quarter cup.

 
At least one site gives 1 dl as "6 scant tablespoons"--roughly 30 g (or 1/4 c.) almond flour.

ETA: To me, this is a reasonable equivalent. As Bonnie noted, dl is a weird way to measure ground nuts, but, from my limited experience with baking with nut flours (and from my converting metric measurements to UK and US equivalents), this should be ok.

 
This is the scale I have. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

When I was in the market for a scale, I asked a friend of mine to pick one. She's been a pastry chef at some well known restaurants and teaches classes as well. So while she's a professional pastry chef, she's got the home cook in mind.

I like this scale because of the broad surface area. I can put bowls to baking sheets on it and they're stable. (Many scales have a smaller surface area and sloping sides.)

It toggles easily between imperial and metric measurements and while it covers the smaller weights for baking, it also goes up to 22 pounds, which is helpful when I'm making sausage, etc.

It's also super easy to clean (I can imagine having a glass-topped scale!)

http://www.amazon.com/New-SALTER-HIGH-CAPACITY-KITCHEN-SCALE/dp/B0075XZG2M/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1352751960&sr=8-14&keywords=salter+scales+digital

 
Same amount but was that a typo? Decilitre. Dec is 1/10th. (demi would be half) Common for a glass

of wine in Europe.

 
whatever brand you select...

Be sure you can read the numbers when weighing a large object. If I'm not using a glass bowl I sometimes have to get creative to see the weight.

And - you will absolutely LOVE having a scale. I use mine several times per day, starting with weighing my coffee beans in the morning>

 
Thanks everyone! Good tips on the scales, too - going to the top of my wish list smileys/smile.gif

 
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