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15g Butter in Cups

15 grams of butter is about 3¼ tsp — 227g per US cup. Small butter amounts are best cut from the stick using the wrapper marks: one tablespoon is 14 g, and the printed lines are accurate.

15 g of butter is

about 3¼ tsp

0.07 US cups · 1.06 tbsp · 16 ml · 227 g per cup

To measure it · cut from the stick, or press in and level

1 tbsp+¼ tsp

Rest of the recipe in grams? Paste it and every line comes back in cups. Free, no sign-in.

Measuring by hand? That is 1 tablespoon + ¼ teaspoon. It is about 13% of a US stick of butter (113 g).

US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

15g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient15g in cupsPer cup
Butterabout 3¼ tsp227 g
All-Purpose Flourabout 2 tbsp125 g
Granulated Sugarabout 3½ tsp200 g
Water1 tbsp236 g

See all 15g conversions on the 15 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
10 gabout 2 tsp0.7 tbsp
20 g4¼ tsp1.4 tbsp
25 g5¼ tsp1.8 tbsp
28 g2 tbsp2 tbsp
30 g2 tbsp + ¼ tsp2.1 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 15g of butter?

15 grams of butter is about 3¼ tsp, because one US cup weighs 227 grams.

How many grams are in 1 cup of butter?

One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams, one tablespoon about 14.18 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.73 grams.

How do I measure 15g of butter without a scale?

Use 1 tablespoon + ¼ teaspoon. US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

Is it better to weigh butter or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the butter is packed into the cup. Without a scale, use the cup figure above and measure the same way throughout the recipe.

Weights are per US cup, cut from the stick or pressed in and levelled. How we calculate

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