how many grams in a cup of pecans?

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things people ask

• Why does my pecan pie come out skimpy when I measure by cup?
  Most pie recipes assume halves at 114 g per cup, but if you measured chopped pecans you packed in 10 g extra per cup and short-changed yourself on coverage. For a classic pecan pie, weigh 170-225 g of halves (1.5-2 cups) so the surface stays jewelled rather than buried in chopped fragments.
• Should I toast pecans before measuring by the cup?
  Toast first, measure second. Eight to ten minutes at 350F dries the nuts and concentrates the flavor, but it also drops the per-cup weight by 3-5 g as moisture leaves. For pralines and candied pecans where the syrup coats each piece, the post-toast measurement gives you a more honest count of nuts in the pan.
• Halves or chopped — does it matter for sticky buns?
  It matters for texture. A cup of halves (114 g) gives you whole pieces visible on top of each bun. A cup of chopped (around 120-125 g) distributes nuttiness through every bite but loses the visual. If a recipe specifies one or the other, weigh — the gram difference per cup is small but the bite is different.

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