how many grams in a tablespoon of butter?

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• How many grams is a tablespoon of butter?
  About 14 g for one level tablespoon. The wrapper on a US stick gives you a built-in guide: each stick is 113 g divided into 8 tablespoons, so cutting on the printed line lands you within a gram. For pan sauces where you mount in 2-3 tablespoons of cold butter at the end, slicing off the stick is faster than scooping.
• How much butter is in a restaurant butter pat?
  A standard foodservice butter pat — the foil-wrapped square that comes with toast or rolls — is typically 5 g, roughly a third of a tablespoon. Two pats get you close to a tablespoon. Hotel-portion butter chips run a little smaller at 3-4 g each. If a recipe casually says 'a pat of butter,' assume 1-2 teaspoons rather than a full tablespoon.
• Does whipped butter measure the same per tablespoon?
  No. Whipped butter has air beaten into it, so a tablespoon weighs only about 9-10 g instead of 14 g. If you spread whipped butter on toast that's fine, but for baking or sauce-making, whipped butter throws the fat ratio off by 25-30%. Stick to regular block butter when a recipe specifies tablespoons by weight.

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