Recipe Units

Overview

Recipe Units are a type of measurement unit for Recipe Yield.

Yield is the amount produced by a Recipe. Yield can be measured using mass units, volume units, or abstract units.

Recipe units are a special type of Abstract unit.


About Recipe Units

Recipe Units belong to one Recipe only and are not used for other Recipes.

Example
Type Unit Recipe Yield
Mass pound 15 lbs of bread
Volume litre 10 L of soup
Abstract piece 20 pieces of cake

Details and options

Recipe Units are similar to Ingredient Abstract units. However, they have different uses.

  • Ingredient Abstract units are used for Ingredient Prices: $5.00 per box of apples, $10.00 per bottle of juice.
  • Recipe Units are used for Recipe Yield: 20 pieces of cake, 10 plates of noodles.

Create a new Recipe Unit

iOS and iPadOS
Android
Web
  1. In a Recipe, tap on the Yield unit.
  2. Select Abstract Units.
  3. Tap , then enter a name for the new unit.
  4. Tap Done to save.

Edit Recipe Units

iOS and iPadOS
Android
Web
  1. In a Recipe, tap , then tap Edit units.
  2. To create a new Recipe Unit, tap , then enter a name for the new unit.

    You can specify conversion between this Recipe unit and mass units, volume units, or both. Or you can set it up later.

  3. Tap an existing Recipe Unit to modify its name and modify or specify conversion.

    You can specify conversion between this Recipe Unit and mass units, volume units, or both.

  4. To delete an existing Recipe Unit, swipe left and tap Delete.

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