How many cups in one stick of butter
One stick of butter is 8 tbsp, ½ cup and 4 ounces: type any butter amount and get all the others.
1 cup butter
227 g
How this is measured
1 US cup of butter weighs 227 g. Based on USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy).
How much is a stick of butter?
One US stick of butter is:
- ½ cup
- 8 tbsp
- 4 ounces by weight, which is 113.4 grams
That is how both America's Test Kitchen's and King Arthur Baking's charts list it: 8 tablespoons, ½ cup, 4 ounces. Two sticks make 1 cup, and four sticks, a pound, make 2 cups.
Because a stick is fixed both by volume and by weight, there is no fill method to choose: you cut the stick instead of filling a cup. When a recipe calls for cups, count sticks instead: a line such as "1 cup butter, softened" means two sticks, ¾ cup is one and a half sticks, and ¼ cup is half a stick.
Sticks of butter to cups: conversion chart
How many sticks of butter make each amount, with tablespoons, cups, ounces and grams:
US sticks: 1 stick is 4 oz, 8 tbsp and ½ cup.
| Sticks | Tablespoons | Cups | Ounces | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ stick | 2 tbsp | 2 tbsp | 1 oz | 28.35 g |
| ½ stick | 4 tbsp | ¼ cup | 2 oz | 56.7 g |
| ¾ stick | 6 tbsp | ¼ cup + 2 tbsp | 3 oz | 85.05 g |
| 1 stick | 8 tbsp | ½ cup | 4 oz | 113.4 g |
| 1½ sticks | 12 tbsp | ¾ cup | 6 oz | 170.1 g |
| 2 sticks | 16 tbsp | 1 cup | 8 oz | 226.8 g |
| 3 sticks | 24 tbsp | 1½ cups | 12 oz | 340.2 g |
| 4 sticks | 32 tbsp | 2 cups | 16 oz | 453.6 g |
Grams of butter to sticks and cups
For recipes written in grams:
Through the stick: 1 stick is 113.4 g (4 oz). Cups as the cups and spoons to fill; ≈ marks the nearest measure.
| Grams | Sticks | Tablespoons | Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 g | 0.0882 sticks | 0.705 tbsp | ≈ 2 tsp + ⅛ tsp |
| 14 g | 0.123 sticks | 0.988 tbsp | ≈ 1 tbsp |
| 25 g | 0.22 sticks | 1.76 tbsp | ≈ 1 tbsp + 2 tsp + ¼ tsp |
| 50 g | 0.441 sticks | 3.53 tbsp | ≈ 3 tbsp + 1 tsp + ½ tsp |
| 57 g | 0.503 sticks | 4.02 tbsp | ≈ ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.882 sticks | 7.05 tbsp | ≈ ¼ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 113 g | 0.996 sticks | 7.97 tbsp | ≈ ½ cup |
| 125 g | 1.1 sticks | 8.82 tbsp | ≈ ½ cup + 2 tsp |
| 150 g | 1.32 sticks | 10.58 tbsp | ≈ ⅔ cup |
| 200 g | 1.76 sticks | 14.11 tbsp | ≈ ¾ cup + 2 tbsp |
| 227 g | 2 sticks | 16.01 tbsp | ≈ 1 cup |
| 250 g | 2.2 sticks | 17.64 tbsp | ≈ 1 cup + 1 tbsp + 2 tsp |
| 454 g | 4 sticks | 32.03 tbsp | ≈ 2 cups |
| 500 g | 4.41 sticks | 35.27 tbsp | ≈ 2 cups + 3 tbsp |
100 grams of butter is 0.882 sticks, a little less than one; 200 grams is 1.76 sticks. If your butter comes in a 250-gram block, the whole block is 2.2 sticks in US sticks, or ≈ 1 cup + 1 tbsp + 2 tsp.
Why a cup of butter and two sticks show slightly different grams
Two sticks by the 4-ounce definition weigh 226.8 grams, because 8 ounces is 226.8 grams. A cup of butter typed as a cup uses its listed weight, 227 grams (USDA). America's Test Kitchen gives the same cup as "8 oz / 227g", so the difference is rounding to whole grams, not a different amount of butter. The same rounding is why 1 tablespoon shows 14.19 grams when typed as a tablespoon and 14.17 grams as ⅛ of a stick.
Salted or unsalted makes no difference to these numbers: USDA lists the same cup weight for both. Brand labels list whole grams per tablespoon, so a cup worked out from a label can differ slightly.
How to measure butter by the tablespoon
A stick is 8 tablespoons, so each tablespoon is ⅛ stick. Half a stick is 4 tbsp, 56.7 grams; three quarters of a stick is 6 tbsp, 85.05 grams. For a recipe that asks for 6 tablespoons, cut ¾ of a stick.
Butter in ounces
For butter, ounces by weight and fluid ounces by volume land on the same numbers: a stick is 4 ounces on a scale and ½ cup, which is 4 fluid ounces, in a measuring cup. So 1 ounce of butter is 2 tbsp, 4 ounces is one stick and 8 ounces is 2 sticks, a cup. A pound of butter, 16 ounces, is 4 sticks.
This is a property of butter, not a rule: for flour or sugar an ounce by weight fills a very different volume. See grams to ounces for weights alone.
Questions
How much does 1 stick of butter weigh?
4 ounces, or 113.4 grams. A stick is ½ cup and 8 tablespoons.
How much is 1/2 cup of butter?
One US stick: 8 tbsp, 4 ounces, 113.4 grams.
How much does 1 cup of butter weigh?
227 grams, which is 8 ounces: two sticks, 16 tablespoons.
How many sticks are in 2/3 cup of butter?
1.33 sticks, which is 10.67 tbsp: one stick plus 2.67 tbsp from a second.
How much is 1/3 cup of butter?
5.33 tbsp, or 0.667 sticks, and it weighs 75.67 grams.
How many sticks of butter are in a cup?
2 sticks. A cup of butter is 16 tbsp, and each stick holds 8 tbsp.
How much is 3/4 cup of butter?
1.5 sticks: 12 tablespoons, 170.3 grams.
How many cups is 1 1/2 sticks of butter?
¾ cup, which is 12 tablespoons or 6 ounces.
How much is 1/4 cup of butter?
Half a stick: 0.5 sticks, 4 tablespoons.
How many grams is 4 tablespoons of butter?
Half a stick, written 1/2 stick in recipes: 56.7 grams, or 2 ounces. It is also ¼ cup.
Is 250 grams of butter 2 sticks?
A little more: 2.2 sticks. Two sticks are 226.8 grams.
Is 250 grams of butter equal to 1 cup?
A little more than a US cup: ≈ 1 cup + 1 tbsp + 2 tsp. A cup of butter is 227 grams.
Is 200 grams of butter ½ cup?
No, nearly twice that: ≈ ¾ cup + 2 tbsp. ½ cup of butter is one stick, 113.4 grams.
Sources
- America's Test Kitchen baking conversion chart
- NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C
- USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy
- Grams to cups converterPick the ingredient, type the grams and get US cups and spoons, with the fill method the weight assumes.
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