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    Home » Home & Garden » Cleaning » How to Double or Cut a Recipe in Half (with free printable!)

    Last updated: Jan 27, 2021 by Melissa Riker · 4 Comments

    How to Double or Cut a Recipe in Half (with free printable!)

    worksheet to double or halve a recipe

    worksheet to double or halve a recipe

    When I was first married I loved trying new recipes that I thought my husband would like. (Ahh I love remembering the sweet newlywed time!) More often than not we didn't need as much food for just the two of us that the recipes called for. I often halved the recipe in order to reduce leftovers.

    Now, 11 years later I have the opposite problem-I need to double recipes in order to keep up with the appetites of our three growing boys! While it's easier to double measurements than half them, I thought I'd make a handy printable recipe chart for you-I hang mine inside one of my cabinet doors so I can easily reference it when cooking. I hope it helps you as much as it's helped me!

    Click here for the printable.

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    1. Mary Rode says

      June 19, 2021 at 12:55 pm

      if i am making pickled beets but only have half the beets called for should i still make the liquid full strength or cut the ingredients in half?

      Reply
    2. Fernando says

      June 20, 2018 at 12:36 pm

      I'm probably wrong, just wondering if 3/4 c. should be 1 1/3 c ? And 2/3 c. Should be 1 1/2 c. ?

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    3. Creshia says

      July 18, 2017 at 11:30 am

      Thank you for the printable version of the measurements for cutting recipes in half, as well as doubling. My family is smaller now and we get tired of eating leftovers for ever. This should help with that.

      Reply
      • Melissa says

        July 27, 2017 at 9:20 am

        Glad it could help Creshia! ~Melissa

        Reply

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