Butter Conversion Table
| Cups | Tablespoons | Sticks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 2 |
| 3/4 | 12 | 1 1/2 |
| 1/2 | 8 | 1 |
| 1/3 | 5 1/3 | 2/3 |
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What is a tablespoon of butter?
One tablespoon of butter is equal to 1/8 of a stick or 1/2 ounce. Tablespoons can be abbreviated as tbsp, and are also sometimes abbreviated as T, Tbls, or Tb.
How much butter is in two sticks?
Butter Sticks to Tablespoons, Grams, and Teaspoons
| BUTTER VOLUME | TABLESPOONS | TEASPOONS |
|---|---|---|
| half stick of Butter | 4 tbsp | 12 tsp |
| 1 Stick of Butter | 8 tbsp | 24 tsp |
| 2 sticks of Butter | 16 tbsp | 48 tsp |
How do you measure butter in tablespoons?
Take a ruler and measure the stick of butter. Then gently press a knife into the butter to mark the halfway point. Cut the butter into tablespoon sections. After you’ve marked the halfway point of your butter stick, dividing it into tablespoon sections is easy.
How many sticks is a 1/2 cup butter?
One stick of butter is 1/2 (half) cup. Two sticks of butter is 1 cup.
What is 10 tbsp butter?
| Butter equivalent measurements | ||
|---|---|---|
| US cups | grams | tablespoons |
| 1/2 cup butter | 113.4 gram | 8 tbsp |
| 5/8 cup butter | 141.8 gram | 10 tbsp |
| 2/3 cup butter | 151.2 gram | 10-2/3 tbsp |
How do you soften butter quickly?
Pour hot water into a ceramic or glass cup or bowl (something that can fit over your butter). After a few minutes, dump the water out of the vessel and quickly cover your butter. The heat from the cup will soften your butter in just a few minutes.
How do you measure butter for baking?
Measure butter using the water displacement method
Add the butter to the cup, making sure it is fully submerged. Observe the new volume of water in the measuring cup, and subtract 1 cup. This will tell you the amount of butter you have, by volume (cups or MLs).
How much is a third cup?
| Volume Equivalents (liquid)* | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3 teaspoons | 1 tablespoon | 0.5 fluid ounce |
| 2 tablespoons | 1/8 cup | 1 fluid ounce |
| 4 tablespoons | 1/4 cup | 2 fluid ounces |
| 5 1/3 tablespoons | 1/3 cup | 2.7 fluid ounces |
How much is in a stick of butter?
For the standard U.S. stick of butter: 1 stick of butter = ½ cup = 4 ounces = 113 grams.
How do you measure butter when baking?
Measure butter using the water displacement method
Add the butter to the cup, making sure it is fully submerged. Observe the new volume of water in the measuring cup, and subtract 1 cup. This will tell you the amount of butter you have, by volume (cups or MLs).
How many tablespoons of butter equal a stick?
There are 8 tablespoons in a stick of butter of butter, which is why we use this value in the formula above. Sticks of butter and tablespoons are both units used to measure butter.
How many sticks butter is a cup?
Two sticks of butter is 1 cup. Four sticks is one pound, and you’ll see a lot of pound cake recipes call for four sticks, or a whole box of butter. Elsewhere in the country, butter is sold in 1/2 pound rectangular blocks. These blocks of butter have 16 tablespoons, or one cup.
Does melted butter measure the same as solid?
When a recipe calls for “1/4 cup of butter, melted,” you can measure 1/4 cup of the cold, solid butter, and then melt it. Measuring solid butter is easiest when using sticks of butter because the wrapper conveniently indicates tablespoon measurements.
Do you measure butter before or after melting? The short answer is that you measure the butter before melting it, then you melt it and add it to your recipe. This is definitely the most common way of measuring melted butter and it is most likely the way that the person writing your recipe intended for you to do it.
How can I measure butter without a wrapper? Fill a measuring cup part-way with cold water, and drop in your cold butter bits until the measure reaches the quantity you need. For 8 tablespoons butter, fill a measuring cup with, say, one-half cup water. Add butter until it reaches one cup (one-fourth cup equals 8 tablespoons). Voila.
How do I measure 4 tablespoons of butter?
How do I measure 1/3 stick of butter?
Does 8 tablespoons equal 1 cup?
| Volume Equivalents (liquid)* | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8 tablespoons | 1/2 cup | 4 fluid ounces |
| 12 tablespoons | 3/4 cup | 6 fluid ounces |
| 16 tablespoons | 1 cup | 8 fluid ounces |
| 2 cups | 1 pint | 16 fluid ounces |
How many tablespoons is half stick butter?
Butter Sticks to Tablespoons, Grams, and Teaspoons
| BUTTER VOLUME | TABLESPOONS | GRAMS |
|---|---|---|
| half stick of Butter | 4 tbsp | 56.7g |
| 1 Stick of Butter | 8 tbsp | 113.4g |
| 2 sticks of Butter | 16 tbsp | 226.8g |
Is a cup of melted butter the same as solid butter?
Melted vs.
When you need a specific quantity of melted butter for a recipe, be sure to read the ingredient list carefully. Solid butter is mixed with air, so the volume of solid butter will not be the same when it’s melted. If the recipe calls for “1/4 cup of melted butter,” you must melt the butter first.
What measurement is 1 stick of butter?
For the standard U.S. stick of butter: 1 stick of butter = ½ cup = 4 ounces = 113 grams. ½ stick of butter = ¼ cup butter = 2 ounces = 56.5 grams.
What is 6 tablespoons of butter equal to in cups?
Tablespoon to Cup Conversion Table
| Tablespoons | Cups |
|---|---|
| 6 tbsp | 0.375 c |
| 7 tbsp | 0.4375 c |
| 8 tbsp | 0.5 c |
| 9 tbsp | 0.5625 c |
What is 3/4 of a cup of butter?
| Butter equivalent measurements | ||
|---|---|---|
| US cups | grams | tablespoons |
| 3/4 cup butter | 170.1 gram | 12 tbsp |
| 7/8 cup butter | 198.5 gram | 14 tbsp |
| 1 cup butter | 226.8 gram | 16 tbsp |