how many grams in a teaspoon of dry milk?

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• How many grams in a teaspoon of dry milk?
  Roughly 2.3 g for a level teaspoon of instant nonfat dry milk. Heaped, you're closer to 3-4 g. The powder is light and aerated, so even a small difference in technique shifts the weight noticeably in percentage terms — which matters if you're scaling a recipe up by tens of teaspoons.
• Can a teaspoon of dry milk replace creamer in coffee?
  It can, though the texture is different from liquid creamer. One teaspoon (2.3 g) stirred into hot coffee dissolves into a light, slightly sweet creaminess without the fat of half-and-half. For a closer match to commercial powdered creamer, you'd need to add a fat source — dry milk alone is nonfat and won't give the same mouthfeel.
• Why do some pancake mixes list dry milk by the teaspoon?
  Single-serving and just-add-water pancake mixes use dry milk to keep the mix shelf-stable. A typical small-batch recipe might call for 1-2 teaspoons (2.3-4.6 g) per portion, enough to enrich the batter without making the mix gummy. The same logic shows up in emergency-pantry biscuit mixes and camping breakfast kits.

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