Butter Sticks Converter
Convert US sticks of butter to grams, cups, tablespoons and ml.
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American recipes use 'sticks' of butter which confuses cooks in countries that sell butter by weight. One US stick of butter is exactly 113.4 grams (4 oz), 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons. The wrapper on US butter sticks has tablespoon markings for easy measuring. This converter handles any number of sticks including fractions.
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Frequently asked questions
1 US stick of butter is 113.4 grams (4 ounces). Half a stick is 56.7g, and 2 sticks (1 cup) is 226.8g.
1 stick of butter = 8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup. Each tablespoon marking on the wrapper equals 14.2g.
250g of butter is approximately 2.2 sticks. For practical purposes, use 2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons.
2/3 stick = 75.6g = 5.3 tablespoons = about 1/3 cup. You can measure by cutting at the 5-tablespoon mark on the wrapper.
US butter is traditionally sold in 1-pound boxes containing 4 sticks, each 1/2 cup. The stick format with tablespoon markings makes it easy to measure without a scale.