16 — KitchenCalc Pro—Master Chef’s Edition
Increasing Number of Dozen
A cookie recipe currently yields 3 dozen cookies, but you’d like to
make 12 dozen. The recipe contains the following:
-
1-2/3 cups flour
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1-1/4 tsp. baking soda
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3/4 tsp. baking powder
-
1/2 lb. butter
-
3/4 cup sugar
-
1 egg,
etc.
Convert the ingredients to yield 12 dozen:
Keystroke
Display
1) Clear Recipe Memory:
[Conv] [x]
(Clear Recipe)
0.
2) Enter recipe’s stated yield (3 dozen) into the [Recipe # of
Servings]
key:
3 [Recipe # Servings]
3. Recipe #
3) Enter desired yield (12 dozen) into the [Actual # of Servings]
key:
12 [Actual # Servings]
12. Actual #
4)
Enter ingredient measurements and press [Adjust Recipe]:
1 2 [/] 3 [cup] [Adjust Recipe]
6-2/3 CUP
(flour)
1 1 [/] 4 [tsp] [Adjust Recipe]
1-1/2 TBSP*
(baking soda)
3 [/] 4 [tsp] [Adjust Recipe]
3 TSP
(baking powder)
1 [/] 2 [lb] [Adjust Recipe]
2 LB
(butter)
3 [/] 4 [cup] [Adjust Recipe]
3 CUP
(sugar)
1 [Adjust Recipe]**
4
(eggs)
*The calculator automatically converts to the next largest cooking unit (here, TBSP). If
you prefer to see the result in teaspoons, or to avoid the remainder, convert to [tsp]
(i.e., [Conv] [tsp] = 5 TSP).
**For whole unit ingredients (such as eggs) that don’t require a measuring cup or
spoon, use the keystrokes above.
