Butter Conversion Calculator
American recipes measure butter in sticks and cups; the rest of the world weighs it. Convert any amount both ways, instantly.
The reference numbers
| 1 stick | 113 g · ½ cup · 8 tbsp · 4 oz · ¼ lb |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 227 g · 2 sticks · 16 tbsp |
| 1 tbsp | 14 g · ⅛ stick · 3 tsp |
| 1 pound | 454 g · 4 sticks · 2 cups |
Tips for measuring butter accurately
Use the wrapper markings with care. US sticks have tablespoon markings printed on the wrapper, but the wrapper is often misaligned around the butter by a half-tablespoon or more. For anything sensitive — laminated doughs, shortbread, buttercream — weigh it.
Don't measure melted butter in stick equivalents. A "stick, melted" means melt one 113 g stick, not fill a half-cup measure with melted butter — air pockets and clinging solids make volume measurements of melted butter unreliable.
European butter blocks are typically 250 g — a little more than two US sticks. If a European recipe says "half a block," that's 125 g, not one stick (113 g); close, but enough to matter in pastry. Scaling a whole recipe up or down? Our recipe scaler adjusts every ingredient at once.