How many grams in a cup of butter?
1 cup of butter weighs 227 g.1 tablespoon: 14 g1 teaspoon: 4.7 g
Weights are for butter (solid), in US customary cups.
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Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 28 g |
| ¼ cup | 57 g |
| ⅓ cup | 76 g |
| ½ cup | 114 g |
| ⅔ cup | 151 g |
| ¾ cup | 170 g |
| 1 cup | 227 g |
| 1 ½ cups | 341 g |
| 2 cups | 454 g |
| 3 cups | 681 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | US measure |
|---|---|
| 25 g | ≈ 1 tbsp + 2 ½ tsp |
| 50 g | 3 ½ tbsp |
| 100 g | ¼ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 150 g | ≈ ½ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 200 g | ⅞ cup |
| 250 g | ≈ 1 ⅛ cups |
| 500 g | 2 cups + 3 tbsp |
| 1,000 g | 4 ⅜ cups |
Rounded to amounts you can measure; ≈ marks a rounded answer.
Measuring butter
One US stick is ½ cup, 8 tablespoons or 113 g.
These weights are for butter (solid). A different form, or a cup filled another way, weighs differently, so weigh it if the recipe gives grams.
The King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart gives 226 g per cup. We use the USDA figure throughout.
Source
USDA FoodData Central, food 173430: “Butter, without salt”, 1 cup = 227 g (USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, April 2018). Other amounts are calculated with 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons. Data version 2026-10-17.1, reviewed 16 October 2026.
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