1/2 cup of powdered sugar in grams

1/2 cup of powdered sugar weighs about 60 grams.

Grams60 g
Ounces2.12 oz
Tablespoons8 tbsp
Teaspoons24 tsp
Milliliters (volume)118 ml

This is based on 1 cup of powdered sugar = 120 g, so 1/2 cup of powdered sugar is 1/2 × 120 ≈ 60 g.

Powdered (confectioners’) sugar is fine and airy, so a cup weighs far less than a cup of granulated sugar. Sift it if the recipe says “sifted”.

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