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Cups of Butter to Grams

Convert cups of butter to grams and back. Includes stick-to-gram conversions, tablespoon equivalents, and common baking amounts.

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About This Tool

Butter is one of the trickiest ingredients to measure across recipe systems. American recipes use cups and sticks, European recipes use grams, and British recipes sometimes use ounces. One cup of butter equals 227 grams, one stick equals 113.5 grams (½ cup), and one tablespoon equals about 14.2 grams. This converter makes it simple — enter butter in cups (or grams) and get an instant conversion. Whether you're following a French pastry recipe that calls for 150g butter, or converting grandma's cookie recipe that says "1½ cups butter" for a kitchen scale, you'll get exact numbers. Butter measurement is particularly important in baking because even small differences in the butter-to-flour ratio affect texture. Too much butter makes cookies spread thin; too little makes them cakey. A scale and this converter keep your butter amounts precise.

How to Use

1. Butter is pre-selected as the ingredient 2. Enter cups or use fraction buttons — ½ is one stick, 1 is two sticks 3. Read the gram result instantly 4. Switch to "Grams → Cups" to go the other direction 5. Check the reference table for common butter amounts and stick equivalents

Formula

Grams of butter = Cups × 227 Quick reference: 1 tablespoon = 14.2 g ¼ cup (4 tbsp) = 56.7 g ½ cup (1 stick) = 113.5 g ¾ cup (1½ sticks) = 170.3 g 1 cup (2 sticks) = 227 g

Frequently Asked Questions

How many grams in a cup of butter?
One cup of butter weighs 227 grams (8 oz). This equals two standard US butter sticks or 16 tablespoons. In European measurements, 227 grams is close to one standard 250g block of butter minus about a tablespoon.
How many grams in a stick of butter?
One US standard stick of butter weighs 113.5 grams (4 oz) and equals ½ cup or 8 tablespoons. US butter is sold in boxes of 4 sticks, totaling 454 grams (1 pound). Each stick wrapper usually has tablespoon markings for easy cutting.
How do I measure butter without a scale?
US butter sticks have tablespoon markings on the wrapper — each mark is one tablespoon (14.2g). You can cut at the marks for precise amounts. For cup measurements: 1 stick = ½ cup, 2 sticks = 1 cup. For odd amounts, the water displacement method works: fill a measuring cup with water, add butter until the water level rises by the needed amount.
What's the difference between US and European butter?
US standard butter contains about 80% fat and 18% water. European-style butter has 82-86% fat and less water, making it richer. The weight per cup is the same (227g), but European butter performs differently in pastry — it creates flakier layers in croissants and puff pastry because of the higher fat content.
How much is 200g of butter in cups?
200 grams of butter is about 0.88 cups, which is roughly ⅞ cup or 14 tablespoons. Since this is an awkward amount to measure by volume, using a scale is much easier for amounts like this.
Can I substitute oil for butter using this converter?
You can convert the measurements, but oil and butter aren't equal substitutes. Butter is about 80% fat and 18% water, while oil is 100% fat. When substituting oil for butter, use about 75-80% of the butter amount. For example, if a recipe calls for 1 cup (227g) butter, use about ¾ cup (163g) oil.

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