how many grams in a tablespoon of figs?

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• How many grams of chopped dried figs in a tablespoon?
  About 9.31 g for chopped, spoon-and-level. One medium Mission fig weighs roughly 8-10 g whole, so chopping a single fig fills about one tablespoon. That's a useful shortcut when a granola or muesli recipe calls for '2 tablespoons figs' and you don't want to dirty a scale — chop two figs and you're within a gram.
• How much is a tablespoon of fig jam versus chopped figs?
  Different things. A tablespoon of fig jam runs 18-20 g because it's dense with cooked-down fruit and added sugar. Chopped dried figs at 9.31 g per tablespoon are roughly half that weight. If a cheese-board recipe calls for 'a tablespoon of figs' and you're spreading jam, you're using twice the fruit by mass.
• Do I need to soak figs before measuring by tablespoon?
  Only if the recipe says so. Tablespoon measurements assume dry, chopped figs at 9.31 g. Soaked figs swell and weigh 12-14 g per tablespoon, which matters in pilafs and stuffings where the rehydrated fruit can crowd out grain. Measure dry, then soak — or weigh after soaking and adjust.

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