1 pound brown SUGAR = 2 1/4 packed cups, so 2 pounds brown sugar = 4 1/2 cups?
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4 cups of sugar is approximately 2 pounds.
For each pound of sugar there are two cups. So for 2 pounds of sugar there would be 4 cups.
There are approximately 4.5 cups in 2.25 pounds of powdered sugar. This is based on the general conversion that 1 pound of powdered sugar is roughly equivalent to 2 cups. Therefore, multiplying 2 cups by 2.25 pounds gives you 4.5 cups.
About 1 1/2 cups.
There is approximately 2 1/2 cups of sugar in a pound of sugar. This can vary slightly with the grade of granules in the sugar, by about 1/4 cup. 32 cups of sugar therefor can be between 11 1/2 pounds for coarse sugars to about 14 pounds for powdered sugars.
One cup of sugar on my scale = 8 ounces. If my scale is correct, then there is 10 cups of sugar in 5 pounds of sugar.
The Betty Crocker Cookbook states that there are 2 cups of sugar in a pound.
3 pounds of granulated sugar equals 7 1/2 cups.
SugarGranulated……………………2 1/4 cups………………..1 lb10.66lbs of sugar = 24 cups
almost 11 1/2 Cups
There are 3-1/2 cups in one and three-quarter pounds.
That is approximately 2 cups.