doz
Units & Measurements abbreviation · Cooking
| Stands for | Dozen |
|---|---|
| Categories | Units & Measurements |
doz stands for Dozen, a cooking abbreviation.
Twelve of an item, used on egg cartons, bakery orders, recipe yields and seafood menus. A baker's dozen is 13, a custom often traced to medieval English bakers adding an extra loaf to avoid penalties for selling short weight.
Example: Makes about 3 doz cookies, depending on the size of the scoop.
Usage notes
From Old French dozeine, from douze (twelve). Oysters and clams are commonly priced per doz or half doz on raw-bar menus. A gross is twelve dozen, or 144. In recipe yields, "2 doz" simply means 24 pieces, and the plural is usually written doz without an s.