I want make 6 servings but having hard time reducing this recipe.

Help me CCers experts. I need to make half of the recipe and i feel like an idiot because I don't know how to measure e.g. half of 3/4 cup of milk or wheat flour. 

here is the recipe, it makes 12 servings and I need only 6 servings. ( because of self control issues LOL).

1 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

3 tablespoons sugar (or splenda)

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 egg

3/4 cup skim milk

2 tablespoons butter, melted (or applesauce)

1/2 cup canned pumpkin

My questions: 

1- how can I measure half of the milk and the whole wheat flour? and the egg??can I use egg whites 2 servings maybe like 1/2 cup egg whites?

2- I don't have all purpose flour but I have rolled oats so I am planning on using oats instead. Is that ok??

3- I bought whole wheat flour from the health store in bulk. I don't know the calories. CC gives me different sizes and calories for the flour. e.g 1/2 cup of Arrowhill Mills whole wheat flour is 35 grams and it is 130 calories while another whole wheat flour is 407 cals for 1 cup ( 120g). How is that??? is one cup 70g according to Arrowhill Mills ? or is it 120 grams??

Help me please. 

to halve fractions, double the denominator:

half of 3/4 = 3/8.

i don't know if substituting oats for flour with work.  baking is much mor finicky than cooking.

as for the calories in whole wheat flour, all you can do is estimate.  take an average or go with the higher - whatever suits you.

1 cup of flour is 100g so you need 50g of all purose and 37.5 g whole-wheat flour.

1 cup of milk is 250ml so you need 93.75ml of milk.

The egg, id say whisk a whole egg and then measure the amount and half it.

Also to solve your flour roblem, go to your food log and add it manually, select values *per 100g* enter the details from the label on the flour, and put serving size as your weight in grams and you will have the exact calorie content.

thanks ladies. 

pg, how can I measure 3/8 cup??

windra, is 100 g one cup? why is it 120 g for one cup in cc?? and why do I find arrowhill Mills serving of flour  1/2 cup  and 35 grams?

Original Post by safina1:

thanks ladies. 

pg, how can I measure 3/8 cup??

windra, is 100 g one cup? why is it 120 g for one cup in cc?? and why do I find arrowhill Mills serving of flour  1/2 cup  and 35 grams?

do you have a liquid measuring cup?  there are 8 fluid ounces in 1 cup, so 3/8cup is 3 ounces.  if you don't have a measuring cup, it's 6 tablespoons (but a measuring tablespoon, right?  not the one you eat your soup with).

the discrepancie between g and cups is because cups is a measure of volume while grams are a measure of weight, so depending on what you're measuring, 1 cup will have different weights.  your recipe is in cups, so use cups.

I do have a liquid measuring cup but I thought it is not for flour. I also have these cups

http://www.cooking.com/products/brand.asp?b=0 776

that is why I was confused. 

I never used liquid measuring cups to measure dry ingredients.

yeah, sorry, i was just thinking about the milk.

if you don't have a 1/8th cup measure, you can use the 1/4 cup: one and a half of those is 3/8ths.

thanks pg :) i will mail you a pumpkin muffin. hope you will like it.

hope to hear from Claire. I just wanna know why the whole wheat flour comes in different calories and which one should I use to calculate calories in whole wheat flour that I buy in bulk.

Or, 1 American cup is 16 tablespoons (the measuring kind) so 3/8 cup is 6 tablespoons (leveled).

I don't think I would try to substitute oats for flour in something baked!

Honestly, if it was me I would say you should figure out how much things weigh and then it will be much easier to halve them.

British and European cookbooks are always in weight which at first seems like a pain (like Nigella - fabulous recipies, none of which are suitable for dieting pretty much) but you get much more consistent results every time.

Original Post by safina1:

thanks pg :) i will mail you a pumpkin muffin. hope you will like it.

hope to hear from Claire. I just wanna know why the whole wheat flour comes in different calories and which one should I use to calculate calories in whole wheat flour that I buy in bulk.

 Just use the one for whole wheat flour.  It's all pretty much the same. 

Wheat Flour, Whole Grain

I agree that it's much easier to halve a recipe if you measure it in grams.  The other solution is to simply bake the whole batch and freeze half for later - so much simpler.

Here is your recipe divided in half:

1/2  cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp whole wheat flour

1 1/2 tablespoons sugar (or splenda)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2  teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

half of 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 egg white or beat 1 egg and measure out half of it

1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp skim milk

1 tablespoon butter, melted (or applesauce)

1/4 cup canned pumpkin

It might possibly work to substitute rolled oats for the all-purpose flour but it will certainly change the texture, and I'm not sure it would turn out well. You could be better off simply using all whole wheat flour, or buying just a little bit all purpose flour for this recipe. You may be able to buy the small amount needed for one recipe if you find it sold in bulk. If you can find unbleached white flour, that would be the same thing for all intents and purposes.

thank you very much, ladies. :) 

Mephyle, you made it very easy for me. ok. I am not going to use the oats. I will use whole wheat flour instead. thanks for the idea. do you know if I can use soy milk instead of skim milk? I have unsweetened soy milk now. will it make the taste different??

Yes you can use soy milk. I'd bet that any difference in taste wouldn't be noticeable amid the other ingredients, but since I love soy milk, to me any difference would be to the good.

If you are going to use all whole wheat flour, then note that the 1/2 cup + 1/4 cup + 2Tbsp adds up to:

3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp whole wheat flour.

In case anyone isn't sure what Tbsp are, these are measuring tablespoons. A measuring tablespoon is equal to 3 measuring teaspoons. There are 4 measuring tablespoons in 1/4 cup.

Original Post by mephyle:

Yes you can use soy milk. I'd bet that any difference in taste wouldn't be noticeable amid the other ingredients, but since I love soy milk, to me any difference would be to the good.

If you are going to use all whole wheat flour, then note that the 1/2 cup + 1/4 cup + 2Tbsp adds up to:

3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp whole wheat flour.

In case anyone isn't sure what Tbsp are, these are measuring tablespoons. A measuring tablespoon is equal to 3 measuring teaspoons. There are 4 measuring tablespoons in 1/4 cup.

thanks again. :) so how much whole wheat flour should I use? total?

1 cup + 4 Tbsp whole wheat flour

right??

If you are going to use all whole wheat flour for the half recipe (6 cookies), you need 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp of whole wheat flour.

That is equal to 1 cup minus 2 Tbsp.

Thanks, all for the refresher lesson in 4th grade fractions!  That was a very long time ago for me, but I still remember learning all that, just haven't used it in a long time.