how much uncooked macaroni = cooked?

[Laurielee]

I am making CL 3 cheese macaroni and cheese and forgot to measure beforehand. It calls for 2 cups uncooked macaroni or 8 oz. How much is this cooked?

Thanks

Laurie

[Hammster]

What kind of pasta are you using? Elbow mac, rotini, etc?
Also, what is the pasta package size you used? ie: How many ounces?
I'm assuming you cooked the entire box, or bag, of pasta.

[sneezles]

I would guess about 4 cups.

[tea4one]

16 ounces of elbow macaroni is 4 cups uncooked, as far as cooked I can't remember. I used to have it written down somewhere but don't know what I did with it.

[tea4one]

I had to go search for this because I couldn't remember:

3 cups uncooked egg noodles
3 1/2 cups cooked noodles

1 cup uncooked
2 cups cooked macaroni

4 oz. dry spaghetti
2 1/2 cups cooked spaghetti

8 oz. uncooked spaghetti
4 cups cooked spaghetti

I know that with a lot of small shaped pastas that 16 ounces = 4 cups uncooked.

[tea4one]

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