Sentence examples for scant cup from inspiring English sources

You need a scant cup of syrup to a litre of gin and it makes a wonderful cocktail with champagne.

Transfer to a lightly oiled baking dish (1 1/2 to 2-quart), and add 1 scant cup of the broth.

CRANBERRY CLAFOUTIS Time: 1 hour 1 tablespoon butter (for greasing pan) 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup flour 1 cup half-and-half or whole milk Pinch salt 2 cups cranberries Scant cup walnuts Confectioners' sugar.

Scatter five or so whole garlic cloves on top, add a scant cup of water or stock and bake them, covered, in a 400-degree oven for about 30 minutes.

Recipe: Spelt Sablés 1 cup (4.5 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour 1 scant cup (4 ounces) spelt or whole-wheat flour 14 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup (3.5 ounces) sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract.

But, if you do have a taste for it, you can spice up the dish with a pinch of ass, a small handful of pussy, a smear of telling a candidate who has spent forty years in public service that she looks tired, or a scant cup of sexual-assault accusers paraded around as human shields on live TV.

Ruby later married Fred Lambert, who was, in fact, a very distant cousin of Andy Griffith's. 1 cup butter or shortening or butter-flavored Crisco. 2 scant cups sugar.

Mint-Infused Simple Syrup Makes scant 1 cup. 1 cup water 1 cup superfine sugar 1 cup mint leaves, washed.

8 ounces spinach 3 large eggs, beaten until smooth ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ½ teaspoon ground ginger ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 ounces (about 20 medium) pitted dates 2 ounces (scant ½ cup) currants ½ cup fine dry bread crumbs, or more as needed Vegetable oil, for frying 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup beer Confectioners' sugar, for dusting.

5 3/4 cups (1 pound, 10 ounces) bread flour Scant 1 cup (6.4 ounces) sugar 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda 1 3/4 tablespoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) plus 1 tablespoon cold butter, cut into 1/2 -inch pieces 3 eggs, divided 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/4 cup buttermilk 3/4 pound dried black currants (about 2 1/2 cups) 2 tablespoons milk.

Serves 8 200ml / 7fl oz / scant 1 cup milk 325ml / 11fl oz / 1½ cups double (heavy) cream 2 tsp loose Earl Grey tea leaves 125g / 4oz egg yolks 75g / 3oz / ⅓ cup caster (superfine) sugar, plus 100g / 3½oz / scant ½ cup, for brûléeing the tops Preheat the oven to 120C / 250F / gas mark ½.