how many grams in a cup of cashews?

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• Why is a cup of cashews lighter than a cup of almonds?
  Cashews are curved and don't tessellate well, so a cup holds about 113 g compared to 140-150 g for whole almonds, which pack more tightly. The shape leaves visible gaps. If you halve or chop the cashews, the same cup climbs to 130-140 g because the broken pieces fill the voids the whole nuts left behind.
• Does it matter if cashews are raw or roasted for cup measurement?
  Barely. Roasting drives off a small amount of moisture, so roasted cashews run maybe 2-3 g lighter per cup than raw — well inside the variance you get from how you fill the cup. Salted cashews carry a touch more weight from the salt coating, but it's not enough to adjust a recipe for. Use 113 g as your working number either way.
• Should I weigh cashews before or after chopping for a cookie recipe?
  Weigh before chopping if the recipe gives a cup measurement of whole cashews, because that's almost certainly what the author measured. Chopped cashews pack denser — 1 cup chopped is closer to 130 g than 113 g — so measuring after the knife work overshoots the recipe by 15-20%, which can throw off cookies where nuts make up a meaningful share of the dough.

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