how many grams in a cup of pine nuts?

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• How many grams in a cup of pine nuts?
  About 142 g for a cup measured spoon-and-level. Pine nuts are small, soft, and oily, so they settle without much air space — a cup scooped from the bag versus spooned in only varies by 4-6 g. The bigger variable is whether they're raw or toasted: toasted pine nuts shed a little moisture and run 135-140 g per cup.
• How much pesto does a cup of pine nuts make?
  A traditional Genovese pesto built on 1 cup pine nuts (142 g), 2 cups basil, 1 cup grated Parmesan, and a generous pour of olive oil yields roughly 1.5-2 cups of finished sauce — enough to dress a pound of pasta for 4-6 people. Most home recipes scale down because pine nuts are expensive; a quarter or half cup is more typical.
• Why do recipes for pignoli cookies call for so many pine nuts by the cup?
  Italian pignoli cookies coat almond-paste dough in pine nuts before baking, and a single batch of two dozen cookies can absorb a full cup (142 g) just on the exteriors. That's why pignoli are a holiday splurge cookie — the nut cost dominates the recipe, and substituting sliced almonds changes both texture and tradition.

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