What does it mean when a recipe says "scant"?!


Question:

What does it mean when a recipe says "scant"?

I just got this new cookbook and when it lists ingredients for a recipe it says things like: "scant 1 1/2 cups flour" or "scant 1 cup milk."

I'm just not sure what this means for a recipe. Any help would be great!


Answers:

Most measurements in most recipes are approximate. It's as if every measurement said "about" in front of it. If a recipe says to use two large taters, and you use three small ones, is that too much or too little? You don't know - and it probably doesn't matter.

If a recipe says "scant", though, you *definitely* don't want to use a heaping measure, and if you come up a little short, well, that'll probably work just fine.




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