1 cup of butter = 16 tablespoons = 2 sticks = 8 oz = 226.8 g. Convert any amount between cups, tablespoons, sticks, ounces and grams instantly.
US butter: 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 2 sticks = 8 oz ≈ 226.8 g. One standard stick is 8 tablespoons (½ cup, 4 oz, ≈ 113.4 g), the tablespoon lines are printed on the wrapper.
| Cups | Tablespoons | Sticks | Ounces | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 4 tbsp | ½ stick | 2 oz | 56.7 g |
| ⅓ cup | 5⅓ tbsp | ⅔ stick | 2.7 oz | 75.6 g |
| ½ cup | 8 tbsp | 1 stick | 4 oz | 113.4 g |
| ⅔ cup | 10⅔ tbsp | 1⅓ sticks | 5.3 oz | 151.2 g |
| ¾ cup | 12 tbsp | 1½ sticks | 6 oz | 170.1 g |
| 1 cup | 16 tbsp | 2 sticks | 8 oz | 226.8 g |
| 2 cups | 32 tbsp | 4 sticks | 16 oz (1 lb) | 453.6 g |
8 tablespoons. A standard US stick is ½ cup = 4 oz ≈ 113.4 g, and the wrapper is printed with tablespoon marks so you can slice off exactly what a recipe needs.
4 tablespoons, which is exactly half a stick (2 oz, about 56.7 g).
The volume measures (cups and tablespoons) are the same. The weights are very close, margarine is a few percent lighter per cup than butter, so for baking you can treat them as interchangeable by these numbers.
A US tablespoon is 14.79 mL; Australia uses 20 mL tablespoons, and UK recipes usually weigh butter in grams instead. If a recipe is not American, weighing in grams is the safe route, 1 cup of butter is 226.8 g.