Measuring soaked nuts and seeds

[jroo]

Many recipe books say that most of their recipes call for soaked seeds/nuts, but they don't say whether you should measure them before or after soaking.

If a recipe calls for 2 cups of nuts, do I estimate how the nuts will expand and only soak say 1.5? Or do soak the whole 2 cups?

I realize that this may seem trivial, and the longer I 'uncook' the less I'll follow recipes to a tee, but for now I want to make sure I get them as close as I can. I want the taste proportions right, since I have a family that will be deciding whether a recipe will be reused or not.

[Double Helix]

Not 100% positive, but I would think...

1 cup soaked nuts = measure after soaking

I cup nuts, soaked = measure first, then soak

[Sundancer]

I think you're right. That's how I measure nuts when I make food.