Quick Tips on Resizing
Need to change your number of servings? At baf.com, our resizing feature takes care of that for you, automatically recalculating the recipe to your desired yield. Just type in the number of servings you need, and we'll do the work adjusting the ingredient quantities from the original recipe.

While the automatic resizing feature does change ingredient quantities in the quantity column, amounts are NOT changed in the directions. So please remember, you'll still want to rely on your experience when looking at resized directions.

Resizing Adjustments
Any time you alter the quantity of ingredients for a given recipe, you may have to adjust your seasoning methods, cook time, cook temperature, and pan size.

Seasoning
Slowly season to taste, testing the flavor intensity each time you add or take away from the original recipe. Even if you're doubling a recipe, you'll use only about 1 1/2 times the seasoning of the original recipe. Use less than a half or a third of the original amount of seasonings if you're dividing the recipe by half or one-third.

Cook time
Use the original cook time as a reference and monitor your results closely.

Cook temperature
Monitor your food closely, using the cooking temperature of the original recipe as a checkpoint. You can also judge your adjusted temperature by the internal temperature your food needs to reach.

Pan size
Try to find a pan that keeps the ingredients at the same depth as the pan in the original recipe—keeping your proportions as similar as possible. For example, if you are doubling a recipe, cook with a pan that has double the volume of the one in your original recipe, or cook in two separate pans.

Volume Conversion
If you're expanding your recipe by 4 times, and the original calls for 4 tablespoons of vanilla, you don't have to measure out 16 tablespoons of this ingredient. Volume conversion saves you time in the kitchen and helps you maintain accurate portion control more easily. Click here to convert volume measurements to different measurement types.

Exceptions
Resizing does not work accurately for foods like breads and pastries, as well as items that are originally prepared as one large item then later divided into smaller portions. In cases such as these, simply prepare the recipe in separate batches according to the original instructions.

Rules of Thumb

For best results, increase or decrease a recipe by no more than 4 times the original yield. Limiting it to 2 times is recommended.
Each of these recipes was developed and tested for the original serving size listed. Please rely on your own experience in the kitchen when resizing.