The Most Common Cooking Mistakes We All Make Daily

You're Using a Liquid Measuring Cup to Measure Dry Ingredients

If you have a pyrex liquid measuring cup, you shouldn't measure dry ingredients in it. You will not be able to do the "pack and level" trick, which is extremely important if you want to get your measurements as accurate as possible without weighing them.

The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.