Grab a 1/2 cup measuring cup and a 1/4 cup measuring cup. Fill the half-cup, then fill the quarter-cup. Dump both into your mixing bowl. Congratulations, you just performed advanced mathematics with your hands.
No quarter-cup? Use a 1/3 cup instead—fill it up, then fill it halfway again (that’s 1/6 cup, but don’t panic). Combine with 1/2 cup, and you’ll get close to 3/4 cup. Close enough for cookies, I swear.
What Is Half of ⅓ Cup? How to Divide Recipes Accurately
Pro tip: If you’re baking and the recipe calls for half of 1 and 1/2 cups of flour, don’t use a spoon to “eyeball it.” Your cake will end up tasting like a physics experiment gone wrong. Use the math. Trust the math.
When You’re Out of Measuring Cups (Chaos Mode)
If you’re like me and your measuring cups are currently in the dishwasher or lost in the abyss behind the fridge, you can use a standard coffee mug. Most mugs hold about 1.5 cups. Fill it to the brim, then pour out half. What remains is… you guessed it—3/4 cup. You’re basically MacGyver with a spatula.
Now, here’s a surprising fact: The United States is one of only three countries in the world that still uses cups as a unit of measurement (Liberia and Myanmar are the other two). So by measuring half of 1 and 1/2 cups, you’re participating in a global culinary conspiracy that has baffled scientists for decades.
Also, a 3/4 cup of water weighs exactly 177 grams—about the same as a standard smartphone. So if you ever lose your measuring cup, just drop your iPhone into the batter. Don’t actually do that.
