I made this recipe, but something was wrong. The recipe list 1# of brown sugar. Does the "#" stand for a pound?
Could all the ingredients be by weight and not by measurement?
Help please,
Laurie

Can you post the recipe? I'm not familiar with it. Generally though # does mean pounds.

not sure how to create a link to the recipe, but it is listed on CC under cookies!

Gee wiz, it's not coming up in a search! To create a link, find it and copy the http://(whatever) at the top and paste in here.

Okay I found it: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2306-1-Lindstroms-peanut-butter-cookie.html

Looking at the recipe, yes # means pound. So this has 1 lb (pound) of brown sugar. It's a huge recipe from the looks of it. It also looks metric, meaning everything is weighed (that's how I figure all my metric measurements.)

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2306-34-Lindstroms-peanut-butter-cookie.html

I was looking at their oatmeal-raisin cookies. How do you measure 8 oz of eggs (without weighing it)???

I already made the dough, but I used "#" for a cup. I am probably better to throw it out and try it again? Probably no good to try and fix the dough now.

It's a bakery recipe -- it's huge. 1 lb cake flour is like 4 cups. 1 lb brown sugar is like 2 cups. Etc. Etc. You can try compensating by adding more to equal the proper amount but that might be more trouble than it's worth. You might want to try just remaking the recipe.

I put the eggs in a measuring cup, and 2 large eggs came to just under 4 oz.

Thank you very much for your help. Should have asked first before making it.
Know I know, right.
Thanks again bobwonderbuns.
Love the name by the way!

Laurie

My pleasure! Wish I could have been more help!

Egg info:

Size Average Weight
Jumbo 2 1/2 oz. (71g)
Extra-Lge 2 1/4 oz. (64g)
Large 2 oz. (57g)
Medium 1 3/4 oz. (50g)
Small 1 1/2 oz. (43g)
Pullett 1 1/4 oz. (35g)

HTH

Thank you Jan!!

My pleasure

Actually, I have a very helpful, but somewhat cumbersome conversion chart with this info:
(Has both American and metric measurements)

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cooking/faq/

Gee wiz, now I'm having a taste for peanut butter cookies! Thanks a lot!