Sticks of butter to cups, tablespoons and grams
One US stick of butter is 1/2 cup, 8 tablespoons, 4 ounces by weight and about 114 grams.
Butter, unsalted
About 0.44 US cups
7.05 US tablespoons.
One US cup of butter, unsalted weighs about 227 grams.
Cup scale: 1 US cupScale: 100 g
Use regular unsalted butter, not whipped or light butter.
Sticks of butter chart
| Sticks | US cups | Tablespoons | Ounces by weight | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 | 1/4 | 4 | 2 | 57 |
| 1 | 1/2 | 8 | 4 | 114 |
| 1 1/2 | 3/4 | 12 | 6 | 170 |
| 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 227 |
| 3 | 1 1/2 | 24 | 12 | 341 |
| 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 454 |
A pound of butter is four sticks. European-style blocks are often sold in 250 g, a little over two sticks.
Butter grams to cups
| Grams | US cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.11 | 1.76 |
| 50 g | 0.22 | 3.52 |
| 75 g | 0.33 | 5.29 |
| 100 g | 0.44 | 7.05 |
| 125 g | 0.55 | 8.81 |
| 150 g | 0.66 | 10.57 |
| 200 g | 0.88 | 14.1 |
| 250 g | 1.1 | 17.62 |
| 300 g | 1.32 | 21.15 |
| 400 g | 1.76 | 28.19 |
| 500 g | 2.2 | 35.24 |
Butter cups to grams
| US cups | Grams | Ounces by weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 | 28.38 g | 1 |
| 1/4 | 56.75 g | 2 |
| 1/3 | 75.67 g | 2.67 |
| 1/2 | 113.5 g | 4 |
| 2/3 | 151.33 g | 5.34 |
| 3/4 | 170.25 g | 6.01 |
| 1 | 227 g | 8.01 |
| 1 1/2 | 340.5 g | 12.01 |
| 2 | 454 g | 16.01 |
| 3 | 681 g | 24.02 |
| 4 | 908 g | 32.03 |
Measuring butter by the cup
Use regular unsalted butter, not whipped or light butter.
Level dry ingredients with a flat edge instead of leaving a heap, and read liquids on a flat surface at eye level. When a recipe gives grams, a kitchen scale is the surest way to match it.
Cup weight: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy release 2018-04, FDC ID 173430 (Butter, without salt).
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