🧑🍳 Recipe Scaler
Tell it how many servings the recipe makes and how many you want, add your ingredients, and it recalculates every quantity — cook for two or feed a crowd from the same recipe.
📏 Scale Your Recipe
What is a Recipe Scaler?
It resizes a recipe to the number of people you're actually cooking for. Enter the original serving count, the count you want, and your ingredient list, and it works out the scale factor and applies it to every quantity — no fiddly fraction maths, no over- or under-buying.
Use it to stretch a favourite recipe for guests, shrink it for one or two, or convert a big-batch meal-prep formula to a single dinner. Scaling is linear, so give seasoning and leavening a light hand-adjustment on very large or very small batches.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How does the recipe scaler work?
It divides the servings you want by the servings the recipe makes to get a scale factor, then multiplies every ingredient quantity by that factor and rounds each to two decimals. Doubling a four-serving recipe to eight uses a factor of 2; halving it to two uses 0.5.
Does it adjust cooking times and temperatures?
No — it scales ingredient quantities only. Cooking time and oven temperature don't scale linearly: a bigger cake or a larger roast usually needs a longer time at the same temperature, not a proportionally hotter oven. Use it for the ingredient list and judge timing by doneness.
Should I scale spices and salt by the same factor?
Seasoning is where linear scaling is least reliable. Salt, strong spices, and leavening often need a lighter touch when you scale up, and a little more punch when you scale down. Treat the scaled seasoning as a starting point and taste as you go.
Can I scale by weight instead of volume?
Yes — the scaler multiplies whatever quantities you enter, whether they're in cups, grams, tablespoons, or ounces. For baking especially, scaling weights gives more consistent results than volumes, so weigh your ingredients where you can.