Common Food Equivalents Type Amount Approximate Measure Butter or other shortening 1 pound 2 cups Cheese 4 ounces 1cup shredded Cottage cheese 1 pound 2 cups Cream cheese 8 ounce 1 cup (16 tablespoons) Chocolate chips 6-ounce 1 cup Chocolate, unsweetened 8-ounce package 8 squares (1 ounce each) Coconut, shredded 4-ounce can about 1 1/3 squares Coffee, ground 1 pound 80 tablespoons Cream, whipping 1/2 pint 1 cup Cream, sour 8 ounces 1 cup Flour 1 pound about 3 1/2 cups Lemon juice 1 medium 2 to 3 tablespoons Lemon peel 1 medium 1 1/2 to 3 teaspoons Marshmellows 11 large 1 cup Almonds 1 pound shelled 3 1/2 cups Pecans 1 pound shelled 4 cups Brown sugar 1 pound 2 1/4 cups Granulated sugar 1 pound 2 cups Confectioners' sugar 1 pound about 4 cups Orange juice 1 medium 1/3 to 1/2 cup Orange peel 1 medium 1 to 2 tablespoons Peanuts 1 pound in the shell 2 1/4 cup nutmeats Peanuts 1 pound shelled 3 cups Walnuts 1 pound in the shell 1 2/3 nutmeats Walnuts 1 pound shelled 4 cups Almonds 1 pound in the shell 1 to 1 3/4 cups Peacans 1 pound in the shell 2 1/4 cups nutmeats Marshmellows 110 minature 1 cup Flour, cake 1 pound about 4 cups 1 cup honey 1 1/4 sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid 1 ounce unsweeten chocolate 3 tablespoons cocoa plus 1 tablespoon fat 1 1/2 teaspoons cornstartch 1 tablespoon flour 1 whole egg 2 egg yolks plus 1 tablespoon water 1 cup fresh milk 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water