What differentiates yield from recipe quantity?

• A. Yield is the final number of portions produced.
• B. The amount of ingredients required to reach a target yield.
• C. Yield is the final number of portions produced; recipe quantity is the amount of ingredients required to reach a target yield.
• D. Yield is the time required for cooking.

Answer: (C)

The main idea is that yield is the final number of portions a recipe makes, while recipe quantity is the amount of ingredients needed to reach that number. Yield describes the output you get after cooking, and recipe quantity describes the input you must prepare to achieve that output. For example, aiming for 20 servings sets the yield at 20, and you then scale the ingredients—the recipe quantity—to reach that yield. The other options either describe only the output without the required input, or misidentify yield as time, which doesn’t reflect what yield measures.