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Butter — Cups to Grams

One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams. That makes it heavier than all-purpose flour, which is 120 grams per cup. One US cup of butter is 2 sticks, or 16 tablespoons — exactly 227 grams. Use the converter below to switch butter between cups, grams, ounces, tablespoons and millilitres — or read the full chart underneath.

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Butter conversion chart

Butter — cups to grams chart
Cups	Grams	Ounces	Tablespoons	Millilitres
⅛ cup	28.38 g	1 oz	2	29.57 ml
¼ cup	56.75 g	2 oz	4	59.15 ml
⅓ cup	75.67 g	2.67 oz	5.33	78.86 ml
½ cup	113.5 g	4 oz	8	118.3 ml
⅔ cup	151.3 g	5.34 oz	10.67	157.7 ml
¾ cup	170.3 g	6.01 oz	12	177.4 ml
1 cup	227 g	8.01 oz	16	236.6 ml
1¼ cups	283.8 g	10.01 oz	20	295.7 ml
1½ cups	340.5 g	12.01 oz	24	354.9 ml
2 cups	454 g	16.01 oz	32	473.2 ml
3 cups	681 g	24.02 oz	48	709.8 ml

Grams to cups: butter

Butter — grams to cups chart
Grams	Cups	Ounces	Tablespoons
10 g	0.044	0.353 oz	0.705
25 g	0.11	0.882 oz	1.76
50 g	0.22	1.76 oz	3.52
75 g	0.33	2.65 oz	5.29
100 g	0.441	3.53 oz	7.05
125 g	0.551	4.41 oz	8.81
150 g	0.661	5.29 oz	10.57
200 g	0.881	7.05 oz	14.1
250 g	1.1	8.82 oz	17.62
300 g	1.32	10.58 oz	21.15
400 g	1.76	14.11 oz	28.19
500 g	2.2	17.64 oz	35.24

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How to measure butter

One US cup of butter is 2 sticks, or 16 tablespoons — exactly 227 grams.

Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, the most reliable way to measure butter is with a digital kitchen scale. If you are working from cups, keep your technique consistent every time so your results are repeatable. For more, see our guide on baking by weight versus volume.

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Substitutes for butter

1 cup butter = 1 cup shortening (King Arthur Baking)
Cookies spread less, cakes are slightly drier, no buttery flavor. Most reliable in pie crusts, biscuits, and frostings where flake or structure matters more than flavor.
1 cup melted butter = 1 cup neutral oil (canola, vegetable, light olive) (King Arthur Baking)
Works only when the recipe calls for melted butter — quick breads, brownies, pancakes, muffins. Won't work for recipes that cream butter and sugar together (layer cakes, classic chocolate chip cookies) since oil can't hold whipped-in air.

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Butter conversions: FAQ

Why doesn't a cup of butter weigh the same as a cup of water?

A cup measures volume, not weight. Butter is less dense than water (227 g versus 237 g per cup), so the same volume has a different weight. Weighing in grams is the most accurate way to measure it.

Common butter conversions

Quick-answer pages for the conversions people search for most.

100 g to cups

100 g butter ≈ 0.441 cups

200 g to cups

200 g butter ≈ 0.881 cups

250 g to cups

250 g butter ≈ 1.1 cups

500 g to cups

500 g butter ≈ 2.2 cups

¼ cup to grams

¼ cup butter ≈ 56.75 g

½ cup to grams

½ cup butter ≈ 113.5 g

1 cup to grams

1 cup butter ≈ 227 g

2 cups to grams

2 cups butter ≈ 454 g

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* Conversion figures are typical average weights for one US customary cup (236.6 ml), based on the King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart and cross-referenced with the U.S. Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. Actual weight varies with packing, brand and humidity — see our methodology.