Butter converter
Convert butter between sticks, cups and spoons and grams, for US recipes in a metric kitchen or the other way round.
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How much butter is that?
A US stick is ¼ lb (113.4 g). European butter comes in 250 g blocks; Australian in 250 g, so a “cup” of butter is about two sticks.
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A stick is 113 g
½ stick = 57 g = 4 tbsp; 2 sticks = 1 cup = 227 g.
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Sticks from the US Midwest
Butter sticks in four ¼ lb pieces became standard in the US in the early 1900s, so cooks could cut what a recipe needed.
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East and West sticks
East-coast sticks are long and thin, West-coast “Western Packers” short and stubby; both weigh ¼ lb.
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About butter measures
US butter is sold in ¼ lb sticks: 113 g, half a cup, 8 tablespoons, and the wrapper is marked off in tablespoons. So “1 cup of butter” is two sticks, 227 g.
Elsewhere butter comes in 250 g blocks and recipes give grams.