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Butter Converter

Type any butter amount and watch sticks, cups, tablespoons, grams, and ounces update all at once.

📖 How it works & FAQ

Enter a value in any field. Every other measure updates instantly.

One butter measure, every unit at once

American recipes love butter in sticks, British and metric recipes weigh it in grams, and older cookbooks split the difference with cups and tablespoons. The Butter Converter keeps a single, memorized ratio and does all the crossover math for you, so a recipe that calls for 200 grams of butter becomes an exact number of sticks in a heartbeat. Type into any box and the other four update the moment you stop.

The butter math

Everything here is built on the standard US stick of butter and these fixed equivalents: 1 stick = 1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons = 113 grams = 4 ounces. From those, a full cup is 2 sticks or 226 grams, a single tablespoon is about 14 grams, and a pound of butter is 4 sticks. Every value you enter is converted to sticks first, then back out to the others, which keeps the numbers consistent no matter which field you start from. Grams are rounded to three decimals for readability.

How to use it

  1. Pick the unit your recipe uses and click that input box.
  2. Type the amount, for example 250 in the Grams field.
  3. Read the matching sticks, cups, tablespoons, and ounces that fill in automatically.
  4. Check the summary line at the bottom for a one-glance recap of every unit.
  5. Hit Clear to reset all fields and start a new conversion.

FAQ

Is a stick of butter really 113 grams?
A US stick is labeled as 4 ounces, which rounds to 113 grams. Some brands print 115 grams; for baking either is close enough, but this tool uses the standard 113 grams.
How many tablespoons are in a cup of butter?
A full cup of butter is 16 tablespoons, or 2 sticks, or 226 grams. Enter 1 in the Cups box to see it.
Does this work for margarine or spreads?
Yes for solid stick margarine, which matches butter closely. Soft tub spreads have added water and air, so weight-based grams are more reliable than volume for those.
Do my numbers get uploaded anywhere?
No. Every calculation runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server. Conversions are standard estimates for cooking, not lab-grade measurements.