Britsh and American Equivilents

by Recipe Help Center

Some common British ingredient terminology translated into the equivalent American term.

British Term	American Term
single cream	light cream
double cream	whipping cream
Lyle's Golden Syrup	Light Karo Syrup
treacle	molasses
castor sugar	superfine granulated sugar
demerara sugar	dark brown sugar
mixed spice	substitute pumpkin pie spice
dark cooking chocolate	semi-sweet chocolate
digestive biscuits	graham crackers
plain flour	all-purpose flour
strong flour	bread flour
sultanas	seedless light raisins
Morello cherries	pie cherries
tomato puree	tomato paste
courgette	zucchini
aubergine	eggplant
haricot beans	navy beans
swedes	turnips
gammon	ham
streaky bacon	American bacon
bacon	ham or Canadian Bacon