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a glass

Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:22 pm

I am making a russian recipe and it call for a glass of sugar what is a glass? and how much is 300 g of butter?

Thank You,
Beth

Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:07 am

The butter is easy, about 0.66 lbs. So use two sticks of butter plus five tablespoons from a third stick.

On the sugar, I'm guessing, but a glass holds about as much as a cup. So I'd use one measuring vup of sugar.

Russian glass

Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:52 pm

If it is a Russian recipe, I a glass most probably means about 200ml.

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