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120g Brown Sugar in Cups

120 grams of packed brown sugar is ½ cup + 2 tsp — 220g per US cup. Cookies, crumbles and banana breads sit here, and packed brown sugar is heavier per cup than white sugar because the molasses binds the crystals.

120 g of packed brown sugar is

½ cup + 2 tsp

0.55 US cups · 8.73 tbsp · 129 ml · 220 g per cup

To measure it · pack firmly, then level

½ cup+2 tsp

Rest of the recipe in grams? Paste it and every line comes back in cups. Free, no sign-in.

Measuring by hand? That is ½ cup + 2 teaspoons. It is about 24% of a 500 g box of brown sugar.

These figures assume firmly packed brown sugar — pressed into the cup so it holds its shape when tipped out. Loosely spooned brown sugar weighs far less.

120g of packed brown sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient120g in cupsPer cup
Brown Sugar (Packed)½ cup + 2 tsp220 g
All-Purpose Flourabout 1 cup125 g
Granulated Sugar½ cup + 1½ tbsp200 g
Butter½ cup + 1½ tsp227 g

See all 120g conversions on the 120 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby packed brown sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
110 g½ cup8 tbsp
112 g½ cup8.1 tbsp
113 gabout ½ cup8.2 tbsp
115 gabout ½ cup8.4 tbsp
125 g½ cup + 1 tbsp9.1 tbsp
130 g½ cup + 1½ tbsp9.5 tbsp
140 g½ cup + 2 tbsp10.2 tbsp
150 gabout ⅔ cup10.9 tbsp

Full ladder on the brown sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 120g of packed brown sugar?

120 grams of packed brown sugar is ½ cup + 2 tsp, because one US cup weighs 220 grams.

How many grams are in 1 cup of packed brown sugar?

One US cup of packed brown sugar weighs about 220 grams, one tablespoon about 13.75 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.58 grams.

How do I measure 120g of packed brown sugar without a scale?

Use ½ cup + 2 teaspoons. These figures assume firmly packed brown sugar — pressed into the cup so it holds its shape when tipped out. Loosely spooned brown sugar weighs far less.

Is it better to weigh packed brown sugar or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the packed brown sugar is packed into the cup. Without a scale, use the cup figure above and measure the same way throughout the recipe.

Weights are per US cup, firmly packed and levelled. How we calculate

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