This was posted by Karl S (from Boston) on Chowhound.
This is my conversion chart I’ve posted a few times here:
Add the following to 1 cup of skim milk to approximate 1 cup of
1% milk
- 1.5 t heavy cream = 1% milk
- 1 T light cream = 1% milk
- 2 T half & half = 1% milk
2% milk
- 1 T heavy cream = 2% milk
- 3 T half & half = 2% milk
- 1 T 2t light cream = 2% milk
whole milk
- 3 T light cream = whole milk
- 4 T half & half = whole milk
- 2 T heavy cream = whole milk
Half and Half
- 5 T 1t heavy cream = half-&-half
- 5 oz light cream = half-&-half
Light Cream
9 T heavy cream = light cream