Milk
About the ingredient milk. Including 6,972 recipes with milk, nutrition data, photos, where it's found, and video.
What is milk?
Milk is a translucent white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals.
In cooking, unless otherwise specified milk as an ingredient is cow's milk.
Milk provides the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food.
The exact components of raw milk vary by species, but it contains significant amounts of saturated fat, protein and calcium as well as vitamin C.
Cow's milk has a pH ranging from 6.4 to 6.8, making it slightly acidic.
Grades of milk
In the United States, there are two grades of milk, with Grade A primarily used for direct sales and consumption in stores, and Grade B used for indirect consumption, such as in cheesemaking or other processing.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (244g)Where found
Milk is usually found in the dairy section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Milk is a member of the Dairy and Egg Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does milk weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 244 grams |
| 1 fl oz | 30 grams |
| 1 quart | 976 grams |
Related
Dairy and Egg Products
| In Chinese: | 牛奶 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | lait | |
| en español: | leche |
Recipes using milk
There are 6972 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Augusta's Chilled Tomato Soup with Basil Cream
Augusta's Chilled Tomato Soup with Basil Cream recipe
Quickand Easy Fudgey Brownies
Quick fudgy brownies made with unsweetened chocolate and butter melted in the microwave, with optional marshmallow chocolate frosting. The classic from-scratch fudgy brownie in one bowl.
Blueberry French Toast Sandwiches
Golden French toast stuffed with warm blueberry-maple compote and dusted with powdered sugar. Make weekend brunch feel special with this sweet sandwich.
Pumpkin Biscuits (Lacto)
Savory pumpkin biscuits with whole wheat, wheat germ, bran, and a clever clove of garlic to balance the sweetness. Drop biscuits with a spoonbread interior, no butter or eggs needed.
Jello Any-Fruit Cake
A soft cake bottom, with a fruit filled middle topped with a tantalizing cinnamon topping. Learning how to make Jello fruit cake that use any fruit you have on hand including summery rhubarb with strawberry gelatin.
Easy Christmas Cutout Cookies
These Christmas cutout cookies are so easy for you and your kids to make together, and they taste so yummy too!
Easy Christmas Cutout Cookies
These Christmas cutout cookies are so easy for you and your kids to make together, and they taste so yummy too!
Easy Skillet Apple Pancakes
Fluffy skillet pancakes loaded with cinnamon-sugar apples cooked right into the batter. One pan, four gorgeous pancakes, minimal cleanup.
Cheese & Corn Chowder
This simple, creamy, comforting chowder combines tender potatoes, sweet corn kernels, and cheese in a lightly spiced milk-based broth. It’s a quick, hearty soup perfect for chilly days, ready in about 30 minutes and serving 4 as a main dish.
Irish Green Crepes for St. Patrick's Day
Festive green crepes for St. Patrick's Day celebrations with delicate texture and shamrock color. Fill with sweet or savory for Irish-themed breakfast or dessert.
Tom's Favourite Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Chocolate chip pancakes from scratch with a hint of cinnamon and vanilla. Fluffy, kid-approved breakfast that hits the table in 30 minutes flat.
Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
Velvety hot chocolate spiked with creamy peanut butter and dark chocolate chips, creating a decadent fireside drink that tastes like liquid Reese's cups.
Favourite Pineapple Cake
Eggless pineapple cake made with sweetened condensed milk for a soft, moist crumb, flavored with pineapple essence and crushed pineapple, then finished with pineapple icing. A bakery-style cake with no eggs.
Almost Whole Wheat Apple Pancakes
Whole wheat apple pancakes blend half whole-wheat and half white flour with milk, eggs, and grated fresh apples for a hearty, fiber-rich breakfast pancake. Ready in 20 minutes.
Naan #3
Quick naan skips the yeast in favor of baking powder and soda for a faster, eggy Indian flatbread shaped into teardrops and baked hot. Soft, pliable, ready for any curry.
Mom's Pancakes
Fluffy homemade pancakes with golden-brown edges and tender centers, ready in just 15 minutes. Simple pantry staples transform into a weekend breakfast tradition kids will request every Saturday morning.
Uncle's Favorite Blueberry Muffins
Blueberry muffins where half the berries get mashed into the batter for purple swirls and double the fruit flavor. Sugar-crusted tops, bakery-style domes.
Chocolate Ice Cream With Chocolate Chunks & Pistachios
The chocolate chunks and pistachios added extra yumminess. I couldn't stop eating it. So good!
Super Easy Pancakes
Super easy pancakes from a baking mix, an egg, milk, and a touch of sugar, cooked golden and fluffy on a hot griddle. A fast, foolproof breakfast ready in minutes. Stack them with berries and maple syrup.
Pancakes
Classic buttermilk-style pancakes with crispy edges and a tender crumb. This foolproof recipe uses the well method for lump-free batter and yields six generous servings of diner-quality breakfast.
Cocoa Layer Cake
A simple, one-bowl cocoa layer cake that comes together in minutes and bakes into two tender 9-inch layers. Rich chocolate flavor without fuss—perfect for beginners.
Breakfast Pancakes
Breakfast pancakes made cloud-fluffy by separating the eggs and folding stiffly whipped whites into the batter. The technique that delivers diner-style pillowy stacks at home in 40 minutes.
Basic Breakfast Pancakes
Basic homemade breakfast pancakes from scratch with pantry staples, no boxed mix needed. The secret is a barely-stirred lumpy batter and a screaming-hot griddle for fluffy, golden flapjacks every time.
Howard's Pancakes
Howard's pancakes, a simple homemade pancake recipe with eggs, sugar, milk, baking powder, butter and just enough flour to make a fluffy batter. Cook on a hot griddle and serve with fruit and syrup.
Chocolate Coffee
Chocolate coffee melts unsweetened chocolate into strong instant coffee with milk and sugar for a frothy stovetop mocha. Old-fashioned cafe au lait meets chocolate, finished with whipped cream and cocoa.
