Grams to Cups help

**lizzyb** · January 27th, 2009, 06:50 PM

Guys I need your help, and I'm hoping somebody/anybody can. I've got this recipe and it calls for 300grams of mashed bananas.....just how many cups of banana is this? Same with the oats.....60grams (what is that?)....I'd love to make this recipe (choclate protein banana bars) but i'll be damned if I know what grams are for measuring these items....i don't havea kitchen scale obviously. TIA

**wil** · January 27th, 2009, 07:00 PM

whenever I want to do any kind of conversion, I just google it.

"cups to grams"

from wikianswers...

WikiAnswers - How many grams are in a cup

Q: How many grams are in a cup?

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It depends what you have in the cup. A cup is a measure of volume, but a gram is a measure of mass.

Depending on the density of the material you are going to have in the cup, the weight in grams of the material will vary. For example, if you fill the cup with lead, the cup will weigh much more than if you fill with feathers.

This question would be similar to asking how much does a 6 foot person weight. It depends on the person of course. A cup of water will weigh more than a cup of flour.

For cooking, you can find tables that convert cups to grams and vice versa for a variety of food. To the left is a link with a table for standard cooking ingredients. Make sure you look carefully and scroll down to find the correct conversion table specific ingredient you are using! The conversion is different for each ingredient!

Here are A FEW COMMON FOODS and their conversion from cups to grams (notice how much the weight varies!):

Granulated sugar: 1 cup = 200 grams
Brown sugar: 1 cup, packed = 220 grams
Sifted white flour: 1 cup = 125 grams
White rice, uncooked: 1 cup = 185 grams
White rice, cooked: 1 cup = 175 grams
Butter: 1 cup = 227 grams
Almonds, slivered: 1 cup = 108 grams
Oil: 1 cup = 224 grams
Maple syrup: 1 cup = 322 grams
Milk, non-fat: 1 cup = 245 grams
Milk, sweetened condensed: 306 grams
Broccoli, flowerets: 1 cup = 71 grams
Raisins: 1 cup, packed = 165 grams
Milk, dry: 1 cup = 68 grams
Yogurt: 1 cup = 245 grams
Water: 1 cup = 236 grams
Confectioners sugar: 1 C = 110 g
Cocoa: 1 C = 125 g

**gYmgIrL** · January 27th, 2009, 07:10 PM

ooooooohhhhh do you have a link to the recipe?

**Hans_Rachid** · January 27th, 2009, 08:23 PM

1 cup is approx 250 mL, and since 1 mL of water weighs 1 g (yay metric system!

), and since a banana is mostly water, as are all fruits, you can expect it to have roughly the same density as water.

That means 300 g of blended bananas is a bit over 1 cup.

As for the oats, according to this table, rolled oats is one third as dense as water, so with 60g (1/4 cup of water) we're looking at about 3/4 cup of rolled oats.

Hope this helps. Do tell us how it goes, I'd be interested to know if it's any good!

**lizzyb** · January 27th, 2009, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gYmgIrL

ooooooohhhhh do you have a link to the recipe?

Chocolate Banana Protein Bars"

300grams raw bananas
1tsp ground cinnamon
2tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
3 lrg egg whites (chicken)
4oz non fat milk
200g 100% whole grain old fashioned oats
1/3c Splenda
1 tbsp UDO's (or equivalent)
60grams chocolate whey (your preference)

Directions:
Mix ingredients in large bowl. Pour into non-stick cake pan. bake @300F for 25min or until firm. Leave to cool slightly, then cut to size. makes 8 small bars or 4 larger ones w double the protein, so around 23g of protein per bar.
If you don't want the fat replace the oil with unsweetened applesauce.

NUTRITONAL VALUES:
Cals per bar (8): 188.32
Protein (g): 11.05
Carbohydrates (g): 27.94
Fat (g): 4.5g
Carb/Prot/Fat % ratio: 57-22-21

**lizzyb** · January 28th, 2009, 11:23 AM

O.K....found this to help anybody else out......like Hans has stated above, just use that principle when determining the weight of your ingredient ie) bananas equal in volume to water...oats equal in volume to flour.....

Recipe Conversion Chart

**lizzyb** · February 6th, 2009, 07:02 PM

Finally got around to baking these last night! They are actually quite tasty....only thing I would maybe do differently is mill my oats...I use large flake around the house or steele cut oats. Large flake oats are fine in this recipe just makes a more granular texture.