Food & Cooking
Recipe Scaler
Scale any recipe's ingredient list up or down to match the number of servings you need.
3 cups
1.5 cup
3
How the Recipe Scaler works
Enter your recipe's original serving size, your target serving size, and each ingredient with its amount. Every ingredient scales proportionally to match your new serving count.
Frequently asked questions
Does this work for any recipe?
Yes — enter each ingredient with its amount and unit, and every ingredient scales by the same ratio between your original and new serving count.
Does baking time change when I scale a recipe?
Not automatically — scaling adjusts ingredient quantities, but cooking and baking times often need to be adjusted separately, especially for large changes in pan size.
Guides that cover this
Getting Recipes and Measurements Right in the KitchenScaling recipes, converting cooking measurements, and adapting oven times — the math behind cooking that actually works.Scaling a Recipe Up or Down Without Ruining the ResultWhich ingredients scale reliably in direct proportion and which need adjustment to taste when resizing a recipe.Why Scaling a Recipe Made It Taste OffThe specific ingredient categories most likely to cause a scaled recipe to taste noticeably different than the original.Scaling by Multiplying Ingredients vs. Scaling by ServingsThe difference between directly multiplying a recipe's ingredients and scaling by target serving count, and why the two aren't always identical.How to Use the Recipe ScalerA quick walkthrough of resizing any recipe's ingredients to a new serving size.Recipe Scaler: How It Works and How to Use ItA quick guide to the recipe scaler — what it calculates, how the math works, and tips for getting an accurate result.