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270g Brown Sugar in Cups

270 grams of packed brown sugar is 1¼ cups — 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.

270 g of packed brown sugar is

1¼ cups

1.23 US cups · 19.6 tbsp · 290 ml · 220 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1 cup+3 tbsp+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 1 cup + 3 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons. It is about 54% 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.

270g of packed brown sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient270g in cupsPer cup
Brown Sugar (Packed)1¼ cups220 g
All-Purpose Flour2 cups + 2½ tbsp125 g
Granulated Sugar1⅓ cups200 g
Butter1 cup + 3 tbsp227 g

See all 270g conversions on the 270 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby packed brown sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
240g1 cup + 1½ tbsp17.5 tbsp
250g1 cup + 2 tbsp18.2 tbsp
255g1 cup + 2½ tbsp18.5 tbsp
260g1 cup + 3 tbsp18.9 tbsp
275g1¼ cups20 tbsp
280g1¼ cups20.4 tbsp
300gabout 1⅓ cups21.8 tbsp
320gabout 1½ cups23.3 tbsp

Full ladder on the brown sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 270g of packed brown sugar?

270 grams of packed brown sugar is 1¼ cups. In kitchen measures that is 1 cup + 3 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons, worked out from 220 grams per US cup.

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 270g of packed brown sugar without a scale?

Use 1 cup + 3 tablespoons + 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, spooned and levelled. How we calculate

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