Scale vs cup measure: got into a debate with my baking group and I'm standing my ground

I've been a volume-only baker for years. Cups, spoons, eyeballing it. Then I picked up a cheap digital scale at Target for $15 just for a cookie recipe that demanded grams. First batch came out perfect every time. Now I use the scale for everything but I still catch myself reaching for measuring cups out of habit. My baking buddy says weighing is faster with less cleanup, but I find myself missing the feel of scooping and leveling. So the question is: which camp are you in and does the scale actually save you time or is it just more precise? I'm curious if anyone else has switched and then switched back.

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tyler_bell13d ago

Why is it that the people who swear by scales are always the same ones who weigh their coffee beans like theyre making meth? I switched to a scale for a month and my cookies came out perfect but I felt like a robot in the kitchen. Theres something about scraping that last bit of brown sugar out of a cup with your finger that a scale just cant replace.

terrybennett13d ago

Stick with the scale but keep one dry cup measure around for brown sugar since that stuff is a pain to scrape off a scale. @tyler_bell has a point about the finger scraping ritual but a quick spatula swipe saves you the mess.