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Scale It Up, Scale It Down

Scale recipe ingredients up or down by serving size.

Scale recipe ingredients by serving size. Enter one ingredient per line, e.g. "2 cups flour" or "1/2 tsp salt".

Scaled for 6 servings (×1.50)

3 cups flour
1 0 5/10 cup sugar
3 eggs
0.75 cup milk

Found the perfect recipe but it feeds 4 and you're hosting 12? Or maybe it's just you tonight? Don't strain your brain multiplying fractions. Just paste it here.

What Does This Tool Do?

It takes a list of ingredients and a scaling factor (e.g., 'Make it 2x bigger' or 'Make it 0.5x smaller') and does the math. It handles the numbers so you don't have to.

How to Use It (Step-by-step)

1

Original servings: What does the recipe say? (e.g. 4)

2

New servings: What do you want? (e.g. 2)

3

Paste your ingredients. One per line works best.

4

Copy the new list.

Key Features

  • Simple multiplier logic.
  • Handles fractions (mostly).
  • Great for text-based recipe lists.

Use Cases

  • Cooking for a party.
  • Halving a recipe for a solo dinner.
  • Adjusting a batch for meal prep.

FAQ

Math-wise? Yes. Chemistry-wise? Mostly. But be careful scaling baking recipes up huge amounts (like 10x), as yeast and leavening can get tricky.
Keep it simple: '2 cups flour'. If you write a novel on one line, we might get confused.

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