Butter conversion chart

1 stick of butter = ½ cup = 8 tablespoons = 113 grams = 4 ounces.

US butter comes in quarter-pound sticks with tablespoon markings on the wrapper — so the fastest way to measure butter is usually to cut the stick at the right line. Here's the full conversion in every direction:

Sticks	Tablespoons	Cups	Grams	Ounces
¼ stick	2 tbsp	⅛ cup	28 g	1 oz
½ stick	4 tbsp	¼ cup	57 g	2 oz
¾ stick	6 tbsp	⅜ cup	85 g	3 oz
1 stick	8 tbsp	½ cup	113 g	4 oz
1½ sticks	12 tbsp	¾ cup	170 g	6 oz
2 sticks	16 tbsp	1 cup	227 g	8 oz
3 sticks	24 tbsp	1½ cups	340 g	12 oz
4 sticks	32 tbsp	2 cups	454 g	1 lb

Scaling butter in recipes

Half of 1 stick
Half of 1½ sticks
Double ½ stick
Full halving chart

Outside the US? Butter is sold in 250 g blocks in most metric countries — 1 stick is just under half a block (113 g of 250 g). A kitchen scale is your friend here.