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title: Scale a Round-Pan Recipe by Area Rather Than Diameter — Free
description: A pan twenty percent wider has forty-four percent more area. Use the squared diameter ratio to scale ingredient quantities for a similar fill depth, rather than adding twenty percent to everything.
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# Scale a Round-Pan Recipe by Area Rather Than Diameter — Free

A pan twenty percent wider has forty-four percent more area. Use the squared diameter ratio to scale ingredient quantities for a similar fill depth, rather than adding twenty percent to everything.

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