American recipes measure butter in sticks, cups and tablespoons; British and European recipes use grams. The key facts: 1 US stick = 8 tablespoons = ½ cup = 4 oz = 113 g, so 1 cup of butter is 2 sticks, or 227 g.
| Tablespoons | Sticks | Cups | Ounces | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 tbsp | 1/8 | 1/16 | 1/2 oz | 14 g |
| 2 tbsp | 1/4 | 1/8 | 1 oz | 28 g |
| 3 tbsp | 3/8 | 3/16 | 1 1/2 oz | 43 g |
| 4 tbsp | 1/2 | 1/4 | 2 oz | 57 g |
| 5 tbsp | 5/8 | 5/16 | 2 1/2 oz | 71 g |
| 6 tbsp | 3/4 | 3/8 | 3 oz | 85 g |
| 8 tbsp | 1 | 1/2 | 4 oz | 113 g |
| 10 tbsp | 1 1/4 | 5/8 | 5 oz | 142 g |
| 12 tbsp | 1 1/2 | 3/4 | 6 oz | 170 g |
| 16 tbsp | 2 | 1 | 8 oz | 227 g |
| 24 tbsp | 3 | 1 1/2 | 12 oz | 340 g |
| 32 tbsp | 4 | 2 | 16 oz (1 lb) | 454 g |
Handy in-between measures: 1/3 cup is 5 tbsp + 1 tsp (76 g) and 2/3 cup is 10 tbsp + 2 tsp (151 g). One teaspoon is about 5 g.
| Grams | Tablespoons | Sticks | Cups | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 3.5 tbsp | 0.44 | 0.22 | 1.8 oz |
| 100 g | 7 tbsp | 0.88 | 0.44 | 3.5 oz |
| 125 g | 8.8 tbsp | 1.1 | 0.55 | 4.4 oz |
| 150 g | 10.6 tbsp | 1.3 | 0.66 | 5.3 oz |
| 200 g | 14.1 tbsp | 1.8 | 0.88 | 7.1 oz |
| 250 g | 17.6 tbsp | 2.2 | 1.1 | 8.8 oz |
| 500 g | 35.3 tbsp | 4.4 | 2.2 | 17.6 oz |
A 250 g block of butter, common in the UK and Europe, is a little more than 2 US sticks (1 cup plus about 1½ tablespoons). US sticks are sold in 1 lb packs of four, and many wrappers are marked with tablespoon lines so you can cut the amount you need.
One US stick of butter is 4 ounces, which is 113 grams (113.4 g exactly). It equals 8 tablespoons or half a cup.
There are 8 tablespoons in one stick of butter. Half a stick is 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) and a quarter stick is 2 tablespoons.
Two sticks of butter make 1 cup, which is 16 tablespoons, 8 ounces or 227 grams.
250 g of butter is about 2.2 sticks, or 1 cup plus about 1½ tablespoons. For most baking, 2 sticks plus 1 tablespoon is close enough.
1 cup of butter is 227 grams (8 ounces, 2 sticks). A tablespoon is about 14 grams.
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