how many grams in a teaspoon of cashews?

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• When would a recipe specify cashews by the teaspoon?
  Mostly when they're finely chopped or ground. Indian recipes sometimes call for a teaspoon or two of cashew paste to thicken a korma; pastry recipes use a teaspoon of crushed cashews to rim a glass or dust a plated dessert. At that scale, finely chopped cashews pack closer to 3-4 g per teaspoon because the pieces are tiny.
• Is a teaspoon of cashew butter the same as a teaspoon of whole cashews?
  By volume, no — by content, also no. A teaspoon of cashew butter weighs about 5 g and is essentially solid nut, while a teaspoon of whole cashews is 2.35 g with air gaps. If you're scaling a small sauce or dressing that asks for a teaspoon of butter, don't substitute one whole nut and call it even.
• How fine do cashews need to be chopped to fit a teaspoon evenly?
  For a level teaspoon that doesn't sit lopsided, chop to grains roughly the size of couscous — about 2 mm. At that size you'll get a stable 3 g or so per teaspoon. Anything coarser leaves the spoon uneven and the measurement unreliable, which matters when you're rationing nuts across a tray of cookies or filled dates.

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