Grab your measuring cups. You need a 1/2 cup and a 1/8 cup. Fill both. Dump them together. Done.
Don’t have a 1/8 cup? No problem. Use a 1/4 cup and fill it halfway. That’s your 1/8 cup.
Or, go full rebel: use 10 tablespoons. That’s exactly 5/8 cup. Dry or liquid? Doesn’t matter. Tablespoons don’t care about your drama.
Half of 1/4 Cup: Quick, Simple, No Guessing
But Wait—What About Salt? Flour? Coffee?
Here’s where it gets silly. “Half of 1 1/4 cup” changes meaning based on what you’re measuring.
If it’s flour, half is exactly 5/8 cup by volume. But grams? That’s a whole different party. One cup of flour weighs about 120 grams. So 1 1/4 cups is 150 grams. Half is 75 grams.
You know what’s exactly 75 grams? A standard tennis ball. You’re welcome.
