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Butter conversions: sticks, cups and tablespoons to grams
1 stick of butter is 113 grams, the same as ½ cup or 8 tablespoons. US recipes measure butter in sticks, tablespoons and cups and most other countries weigh it, so the charts below go both ways.
The one to remember
- 1 stick butter
- 113 g
- ½ cup butter
- 113 g
- 1 tbsp butter
- 14 g
- 1 cup butter
- 227 g
Sticks and tablespoons to grams
| US measure | Sticks | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tbsp | ⅛ stick | 14 g | ½ oz |
| 2 tbsp | ¼ stick | 28 g | 1 oz |
| 4 tbsp (¼ cup) | ½ stick | 57 g | 2 oz |
| 5⅓ tbsp (⅓ cup) | ⅔ stick | 76 g | 2⅔ oz |
| 6 tbsp | ¾ stick | 85 g | 3 oz |
| 8 tbsp (½ cup) | 1 stick | 113 g | 4 oz |
| 12 tbsp (¾ cup) | 1½ sticks | 170 g | 6 oz |
| 16 tbsp (1 cup) | 2 sticks | 227 g | 8 oz |
| 1½ cups | 3 sticks | 340 g | 12 oz |
| 2 cups | 4 sticks (1 lb) | 454 g | 16 oz |
Grams to sticks and tablespoons
For metric recipes in an American kitchen. Tablespoons are easiest to cut using the marks on a stick’s wrapper.
| Grams | Tablespoons | Sticks | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 1.8 tbsp | 0.22 sticks | 0.9 oz |
| 50 g | 3.5 tbsp | 0.44 sticks | 1.8 oz |
| 75 g | 5.3 tbsp | 0.66 sticks | 2.6 oz |
| 100 g | 7.1 tbsp | 0.88 sticks | 3.5 oz |
| 125 g | 8.8 tbsp | 1.10 sticks | 4.4 oz |
| 150 g | 10.6 tbsp | 1.32 sticks | 5.3 oz |
| 200 g | 14.1 tbsp | 1.76 sticks | 7.1 oz |
| 250 g | 17.6 tbsp | 2.20 sticks | 8.8 oz |
Tips for measuring butter
- Use the wrapper: US sticks are marked in tablespoons, so 6 tbsp is a cut at the sixth line.
- A 250 g European block is about 2¼ sticks. Half a block, 125 g, is about 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon.
- Melted butter weighs the same as solid butter. If a recipe says “½ cup melted butter”, use 113 g and melt it.
- Salted or unsalted makes no difference to weight. If you swap salted in for unsalted, reduce added salt by about ¼ teaspoon per stick.
In Spices, a stick becomes grams
Set Spices to metric and “1 stick butter” reads 115 g butter, because Spices rounds amounts over 50 g to the nearest 5 g. Set it to US measures and “250 g butter” reads in cups and sticks. You can switch back to the recipe as written at any time.
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Questions
How many grams is a stick of butter?
A US stick of butter is 113 g. It is also 4 oz, ½ cup or 8 tablespoons. Many recipes round it to 115 g.
How many sticks of butter is 250 g?
250 g is a little over 2 sticks (2.2 sticks), or about 17½ tablespoons. A 250 g block is the common butter size in much of Europe, the UK and Australia.
How many grams is a tablespoon of butter?
1 tablespoon of butter weighs about 14 g. Two tablespoons are 28 g, about 1 ounce.
Are East Coast and West Coast sticks of butter the same?
Yes, by weight. Sticks sold in the western US are shorter and wider than eastern ones, but both weigh 4 oz (113 g) and hold 8 tablespoons.
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