Convert and scale a recipe

Paste a recipe link or your ingredient list into the free recipe converter, pick how many servings you want, and choose US or metric. Every amount is rewritten for you. You do not need an account.

Convert a recipe#

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   Paste a link or your ingredients into Recipe link or ingredient list

   Paste one recipe address, or ingredients with one on each line. A link on its own is read from its page, and a link among ingredient lines is just text. Not sure yet? Press Try an example for a pancake recipe.

   

   You'll see: The box takes what you paste. For a link, the line under it reads That looks like a link.

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   Press Get the recipe for a link, or look at the list for ingredients

   A link takes a few seconds to read. A pasted list converts as you type, and on a phone the Convert button jumps you down to it.

   

   You'll see: The recipe appears with its title, a From line naming the website, and the ingredients.

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   Pick Original, US or Metric

   US gives cups, spoons, ounces and °F. Metric gives grams, millilitres and °C. Each ingredient uses its own weight, so a cup of flour comes out near 120 g and a cup of sugar near 200 g. Original keeps every line in the unit it was written in, so 1 1/2 tsp scaled ×2.5 reads 3 3/4 tsp, not a different unit.

   

   You'll see: The summary line says Converted to metric. and the amounts change to grams and millilitres.

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   Set Makes and You want

   Type how many servings the recipe makes, then how many you want. A link fills Makes when the page says it. To double or halve instead, tap ×½, ×2 or ×3, or type any number in the last box. Back to ×1 appears while the recipe is scaled and puts it back to its original size.

   

   You'll see: The summary line shows the multiplier, for example Scaled ×1.5., and every amount changes.

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   Press Copy the list

   The converted ingredients go to your clipboard, one per line. Turn on Show original first if you want a grey was: line under every amount that changed.

   

   You'll see: The button reads Copied for two seconds.

Read the result#

Notes under a line#

A short grey note under a line tells you when the tool rounded, or could not do better than a measure.

Cups and spoons are tidied with no note, to a size a measuring set really has, such as 1 cup + 2 tbsp or 2 2/3 cups. Amounts stay within about 3 percent of exact. A line the tool cannot read comes back as you typed it, and salt, to taste never gets an amount.

Oven temperatures and pan sizes#

A recipe from a link, or the example, also shows its steps. So does a pasted full recipe: the method under the ingredients shows as steps. A pasted ingredient list on its own has none. Oven temperatures (°F, °C and gas mark) and pan sizes such as a 9-inch pan follow the unit you picked.

Save a recipe to your account#

A recipe read from a link, and a pasted list or full recipe, show Save to your recipes — free at the top of the result, above the unit controls, with the line Make a free account and it’s waiting there. under it. The example does not have it. A pasted list also gets a Recipe name box. It starts with the first line of your text when that looks like a dish name, and an empty box saves as Converted recipe.

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   Set the amounts, then press Save to your recipes — free

   The recipe is kept the way you see it, scaled and converted. A scaled or converted link recipe is saved as its own recipe, named for what it is, such as Soft Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies (6 servings, metric), so it sits beside the original if you have saved that too. It opens in the unit you chose. Already have an account? Switch to logging in on the sign-up page: the recipe comes along.

   You'll see: The sign-up page opens.

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   Finish signing up or logging in

   The recipe waits in this browser for 24 hours. Finish signing up in the tab where you pressed Save, and Google sign-in comes back to that tab: it saves by itself. If you sign in from another tab of the same browser, a prompt asks Save “Title” from the free tools to this account? Press Save to keep it, or Not mine — discard to drop it. Another browser or another device does not get it. If you press Back from sign-up, your converted recipe is drawn again with its button. Saving does not use one of your AI imports. A free account keeps up to 50 recipes, see Free, Pro and Family. Find it in your library, and fix anything with Edit a recipe.

   You'll see: A banner at the top of your library reads Saved from the free tools: followed by the recipe’s title.

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   Already signed in? Press Save to your recipes

   Signed in, the same button reads Save to your recipes and saves straight away.

   You'll see: A message reads Saved to your recipes: Title, or Saved as a separate copy: Title for a scaled or converted version.

Limits and privacy#

If something goes wrong#

We couldn’t read that page#

The message is We couldn’t read that page. It may be blocking automated requests, paywalled, or temporarily down. Several large recipe sites, Allrecipes among them, do not let other sites read them. A typo in the domain gives the same message, so check the spelling first. Otherwise copy the recipe’s ingredient list, press Paste the ingredient list instead and paste it. For a recipe you can never read from a link, take a photo or screenshot of it.

Other messages#

Common questions#

How accurate are cups to grams?#

Each ingredient has its own weight per cup, taken from King Arthur Baking and USDA data, so it is better than one rate for everything. A cup is still a loose measure: flour packed down weighs more. Treat the grams as a good average, and weigh when it matters.

Can I switch units on recipes I have saved?#

Yes. Inside RecipeClip, every recipe has the same switch, see Switch between metric and US units. To change a saved recipe’s servings, use the servings box in the ingredients card, see The recipe page.

Next: make a grocery list from links to shop for what you scaled, or calculate nutrition for a recipe.

Ready to try it? Open the free recipe converter.