Sticks of Butter Calculator
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How many sticks of butter are in 1 cup?
You can fit 2 sticks of butter in one US cup. One standard stick of butter is equivalent to 1/2 cup (4 ounces).
How many cups is a stick of butter?
One full stick of butter measures 1/2 cup, or 8 tablespoons. Half a stick of butter measures 1/4 cup, or 4 tablespoons.
How is butter weighed?
Butter is commonly measured by sticks in the United States and by weight or volume in Europe, the UK and the rest of the world. This can, of course, make it tricky when you're following a recipe that's from a different country to the one in which you live. It is for this reason that we built this butter sticks calculator to help you with conversion.
How to measure butter
Conversion charts for butter sticks to cups, grams and tablespoons.
| Cups (US) | Sticks | Grams | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup | ½ stick | 56.82 g | 4 tbsp |
| ½ cup | 1 stick | 113.64 g | 8 tbsp |
| ¾ cup | 1 ½ sticks | 170.46 g | 12 tbsp |
| 1 cup | 2 sticks | 227.27 g | 16 tbsp |
| 2 cups | 4 sticks | 454.55 g | 32 tbsp |
| 3 cups | 6 sticks | 681.82 g | 48 tbsp |
| 4 cups | 8 sticks | 909.09 g | 64 tbsp |
| 5 cups | 10 sticks | 1136.36 g | 80 tbsp |
Note that conversions may vary by butter brand.
This converter forms part of a suite of cooking conversion tools, helping you to convert cups to grams, grams to ounces, as well as an overall cooking converter.
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