Calculating Carbohydrates in Recipes

Step 1:
Look for ingredients that contain carbohydrates.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Step 2:
Add up carbohydrate grams for these ingredients.

2 cups all-purpose flour = 88g
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar = 267g
2 cups (11.5-ounce package) chocolate chips = 216g
1 cup raisins = 130g
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Total Carbohydrates = 701g

Step 3:
Divide the total by the number of servings in the recipe.

701g divided by 30 cookies = 23.3 g per cookie

Carbohydrate Contents of Common Baking Ingredients

White flour 95 g/cup (6g/Tbsp)
Wheat flour 85g/cup (5g/Tbsp)
Wheat germ 50g/cup (3g/Tbsp)
Cracker meal 95g/cup (23g/oz)
Oats 100g/cup (6g/Tbsp)
Cornstarch 115 g/cup (7g/Tbsp)
Sugar 255g/cup (16g/Tbsp)
Brown sugar(packed) 215g/cup
Powdered Sugar 130g/cup (8g/Tbsp)
Baking chocolate 8g/sq (35g/cup)
Unsweetened cocoa 50g/cup (3g/Tbsp)
Molasses 200g/cup (12g/Tbsp)
Milk 12g/cup ( .8g/Tbsp)
Buttermilk 12g/cup (.8g/Tbsp)
Evaporated Milk 30g/cup (4g/oz)
Dried milk powder 36g/cup (2g/Tbsp)
Condensed Milk 165g/cup (20g/oz)
Yogurt 12g/cup (.8g/Tbsp)
Raisins 65g/1/2 cup (8g/Tbsp)
Chocolate chips 105g/cup (215g/12 oz bag)
Butterscotch chips 25g/oz (300g/12oz bag)
Peanut butter 50g/cup (7g/2Tbsp)
Sweet dried coconut 35g/cup (2g/Tbsp)
Applesauce 30g/cup (3g/Tbsp)
Marsmallow crème 20g/oz (155g/7oz jar)