how many grams in a cup of butter?

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• How many sticks of butter are in a cup?
  Two US sticks. Each stick weighs 113 g and is wrapped with tablespoon markings down the side, so 1 cup = 2 sticks = 16 tablespoons = 226 g. A pound of butter is 4 sticks, which works out to 2 cups or 32 tablespoons — useful when a recipe specifies butter by the pound and you only own measuring cups.
• Should butter be measured cold, softened, or melted for a cup?
  Weight stays the same — 226 g is 226 g whether the butter is cold, softened, or liquid — but volume shifts slightly. Melted butter fills a cup more cleanly than cold cubes, which leave air gaps. For creaming methods, weigh the butter cold and let it come to temperature; for melted-butter recipes like brownies, melt first and pour into the cup to the line.
• How do UK butter blocks convert to cups?
  A standard UK block is 250 g, which is just over 1 cup plus 1.5 tablespoons (about 1.1 cups). Recipes written for UK kitchens usually spec butter in grams precisely because 250 g doesn't map cleanly onto cup measures. If you're following a US recipe with a UK block, weigh out 226 g and save the remaining 24 g for toast.

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