Grams to tablespoons
A US tablespoon of all-purpose flour weighs about 7.8 g, of granulated sugar 12.5 g and of butter 14.2 g, so 50 grams of flour is about 6.4 tablespoons.
50 grams of all-purpose flour
About 6.4 tablespoons
Measure 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp with US measuring cups and spoons.
USDA weighs a US cup of all-purpose flour at 125 g. A tablespoon is 1/16 of that cup, so it holds about 7.8 g.
Use plain all-purpose flour. A cup changes with how you fill it; use the recipe's gram weight when it gives one.
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Common amounts
Level US measuring spoons; each answer is rounded and the cup weight behind it is USDA’s.
10 grams to tablespoons
- All-purpose flour: about 1.3 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1 tsp)
- Granulated sugar: about 0.8 tablespoon (2 3/8 tsp)
- Butter: about 0.7 tablespoon (2 1/8 tsp)
- Honey: about 0.47 tablespoon (1 3/8 tsp)
- Olive oil: about 0.74 tablespoon (2 1/4 tsp)
15 grams to tablespoons
- All-purpose flour: about 1.9 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 2 3/4 tsp)
- Granulated sugar: about 1.2 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 3/4 tsp)
- Butter: about 1.1 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1/4 tsp)
- Honey: about 0.71 tablespoon (2 1/8 tsp)
- Olive oil: about 1.1 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp)
20 grams to tablespoons
- All-purpose flour: about 2.6 tablespoons (2 tbsp + 1 3/4 tsp)
- Granulated sugar: about 1.6 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1 3/4 tsp)
- Butter: about 1.4 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1 1/4 tsp)
- Honey: about 0.94 tablespoon (2 7/8 tsp)
- Olive oil: about 1.5 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1 1/2 tsp)
25 grams to tablespoons
- All-purpose flour: about 3.2 tablespoons (3 tbsp + 3/4 tsp)
- Granulated sugar: about 2 tablespoons
- Butter: about 1.8 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 2 1/4 tsp)
- Honey: about 1.2 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp)
- Olive oil: about 1.9 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp)
30 grams to tablespoons
- All-purpose flour: about 3.8 tablespoons (3 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp)
- Granulated sugar: about 2.4 tablespoons (2 tbsp + 1 1/4 tsp)
- Butter: about 2.1 tablespoons (2 tbsp + 1/2 tsp)
- Honey: about 1.4 tablespoons (1 tbsp + 1 1/4 tsp)
- Olive oil: about 2.2 tablespoons (2 tbsp + 3/4 tsp)
50 grams to tablespoons
- All-purpose flour: about 6.4 tablespoons (1/3 cup + 1 tbsp)
- Granulated sugar: about 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup)
- Butter: about 3.5 tablespoons (3 tbsp + 1 3/4 tsp)
- Honey: about 2.4 tablespoons (2 tbsp + 1 1/4 tsp)
- Olive oil: about 3.7 tablespoons (3 tbsp + 2 1/4 tsp)
100 grams to tablespoons
- All-purpose flour: about 12.8 tablespoons (2/3 cup + 2 tbsp)
- Granulated sugar: about 8 tablespoons (1/2 cup)
- Butter: about 7 tablespoons (1/4 cup + 3 tbsp)
- Honey: about 4.7 tablespoons (1/4 cup + 2 tsp)
- Olive oil: about 7.4 tablespoons (1/3 cup + 2 tbsp)
Grams in a tablespoon, by ingredient
35 ingredients measured by the spoon or the jug. The converter above takes all 86, from nuts to chopped onion.
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| Ingredient | 1 tbsp weighs | 10 g in tablespoons | 25 g in tablespoons | 50 g in tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 7.8 g | 1.3 | 3.2 | 6.4 |
| Bread flour | 8.6 g | 1.2 | 2.9 | 5.8 |
| Whole-wheat flour | 7.5 g | 1.3 | 3.3 | 6.7 |
| Self-rising flour | 7.8 g | 1.3 | 3.2 | 6.4 |
| Granulated sugar | 12.5 g | 0.8 | 2 | 4 |
| Brown sugar, packed | 13.8 g | 0.73 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 7.5 g | 1.3 | 3.3 | 6.7 |
| Butter, unsalted | 14.2 g | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| Butter, salted | 14.2 g | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| Water | 14.8 g | 0.68 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| Whole milk | 15.3 g | 0.66 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Heavy cream, unwhipped | 14.9 g | 0.67 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| Plain whole-milk yogurt | 15.3 g | 0.65 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Coconut milk, canned | 14.1 g | 0.71 | 1.8 | 3.5 |
| Honey | 21.2 g | 0.47 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Molasses | 21.1 g | 0.47 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Olive oil | 13.5 g | 0.74 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
| Canola oil | 13.6 g | 0.73 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| Table salt | 18.3 g | 0.55 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| Cocoa powder, unsweetened | 5.4 g | 1.9 | 4.7 | 9.3 |
| Cornstarch | 8 g | 1.3 | 3.1 | 6.3 |
| Rolled or quick oats, dry | 5.1 g | 2 | 4.9 | 9.9 |
| Long-grain white rice, raw | 11.6 g | 0.86 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| Almonds, ground | 5.9 g | 1.7 | 4.2 | 8.4 |
| Chickpea flour | 5.8 g | 1.7 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
| White rice flour | 9.9 g | 1 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| Brown rice flour | 9.9 g | 1 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| Semolina, enriched | 10.4 g | 0.96 | 2.4 | 4.8 |
| Yellow cornmeal, degermed enriched | 9.8 g | 1 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
| Sesame kernels, dried, hulled | 9.4 g | 1.1 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
| Flaxseed, whole | 10.5 g | 0.95 | 2.4 | 4.8 |
| Peanut butter, smooth, unsalted | 16.1 g | 0.62 | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| Ricotta, whole milk | 15.4 g | 0.65 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Pumpkin, canned, unsalted | 15.3 g | 0.65 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Semisweet chocolate chips, mini | 10.8 g | 0.92 | 2.3 | 4.6 |
Measuring by the spoon
These are level US measuring spoons: a tablespoon is 14.8 mL and a teaspoon 4.93 mL, three to the tablespoon. Fill the spoon and sweep it flat with the back of a knife: a heaped spoon holds more than the figures here. A flatware soup spoon or teaspoon is not a measuring spoon.
Spoons mean different things in different countries. NIST notes that metric cups and spoons are slightly larger than US ones and can often stand in for them. When a recipe gives its spoon in mL, the unit converter turns milliliters into US spoons.
The spoon and mL figures are worked out from USDA’s weight for a whole US cup of each ingredient, divided by the size of the tablespoon, so a cup, its spoons and its milliliters always agree. Salt is table salt; flaky and coarse salts pack differently, so weigh those. For yeast, go by the packet: how much yeast is in a packet.
Cup weights: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy release 2018-04. Cup, spoon and mL sizes: NIST Handbook 44. How the conversions work.