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Butter Measurment
Q. Is 1/2 lb of butter the same as 1/2 cup of butter?
A. The recipe writers of the world have entered into a conspiracy to make cooking with butter way more complex than it should be. In one recipe they ask for a half-cup of butter. In the next, they ask for 8 tablespoons. Then they turn around and demand one stick of butter. And the whole time, they're asking for the same thing!
In this country, butter is mostly packaged in 1-pound boxes, with four individually wrapped quarters. Each pound is two cups of butter. Each quarter-pound stick is 8 tablespoons or half a cup. Each tablespoon is 1/2 ounce. (So to answer your question, a half pound of butter is a cup.) To thwart the wicked aims of those recipe writers once and for all, we present the following fool-proof
Butter Measurement Translation Chart to Defeat Nefarious Recipe Writers*
|
Volume |
Sticks |
Weight: US & British |
Weight: Metric |
|
1 Tbsp |
1/8 |
1/2 oz |
14 g |
|
2 Tbsp |
1/4 |
1 oz |
25 g |
|
3 Tbsp |
3/8 |
1-1/2 oz |
42 g |
|
1/4 cup |
1/2 |
2 oz |
57 g |
|
5 Tbsp |
5/8 |
2-1/2 oz |
72 g |
|
6 Tbsp |
3/4 |
3 oz |
85 g |
|
7 Tbsp |
7/8 |
3/1/2 oz |
98 g |
|
1/2 cup |
1 |
1/4 pound |
113 g |
|
9 Tbsp |
1-1/8 |
4-1/2 oz |
126 g |
|
10 Tbsp |
1-1/4 |
5 oz |
142 g |
|
11 Tbsp |
1-3/8 |
5-1/2 oz |
155 g |
|
3/4 cup |
1-1/2 |
6 oz |
170 g |
|
13 Tbsp |
1-5/8 |
6-1/2 oz |
184 g |
|
14 Tbsp |
1-3/4 |
7 oz |
198 g |
|
15 Tbsp |
1-7/8 |
7-1/2 oz |
212 g |
|
1 cup |
2 |
1/2 pound |
227 g |
|
17 Tbsp |
1-1/8 |
8-1/2 oz |
241 g |
|
18 Tbsp |
1-1/4 |
9 oz |
255 g |
|
19 Tbsp |
1-3/8 |
9-1/2 oz |
270 g |
|
1-1/4 cups |
1-1/2 |
10 oz |
284 g |
|
21 Tbsp |
1-5/8 |
10-1/2 oz |
298 g |
|
22 Tbsp |
1-3/4 |
11 oz |
312 g |
|
23 Tbsp |
1-7/8 |
11-1/2 oz |
327 g |
|
1-1/2 cups |
3 |
3/4 pound |
341 g |
|
25 Tbsp |
1-1/8 |
12-1/2 oz |
355 g |
|
26 Tbsp |
1-1/4 |
13 oz |
370 g |
|
27 Tbsp |
1-3/8 |
13-1/2 oz |
384 g |
|
1-3/4 cups |
1-1/2 |
14 oz |
398 g |
|
29 Tbsp |
1-5/8 |
14-1/2 oz |
412 g |
|
30 Tbsp |
1-3/4 |
15 oz |
427 g |
|
31 Tbsp |
1-7/8 |
15-1/2 oz |
441 g |
|
2 cups |
4 |
1 pound |
454 g |
*This also works for margarine that comes in 1-pound boxes.