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170g Butter in Cups

170 grams of butter is ¾ cup — 227g per US cup. This is the range most cookie, cake and pastry recipes use, and it lands close to whole sticks or half a European block.

170 g of butter is

¾ cup

0.75 US cups · 12 tbsp · 177 ml · 227 g per cup

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

½ + ¼ cup

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

Measuring by hand? That is ½ + ¼ cup. It is 1½ US sticks of butter (113 g each).

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.

170g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient170g in cupsPer cup
Butter¾ cup227 g
All-Purpose Flour1⅓ cups125 g
Granulated Sugar¾ cup + 1½ tbsp200 g
Waterabout ¾ cup236 g

See all 170g conversions on the 170 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
140 g½ cup + 2 tbsp9.9 tbsp
150 g⅔ cup10.6 tbsp
160 g⅔ cup + 2 tsp11.3 tbsp
165 gabout ¾ cup11.6 tbsp
175 gabout ¾ cup12.3 tbsp
180 g¾ cup + 2 tsp12.7 tbsp
185 g¾ cup + 1 tbsp13.1 tbsp
190 g¾ cup + 1½ tbsp13.4 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 170g of butter?

170 grams of butter is ¾ cup. In kitchen measures that is ½ + ¼ cup, worked out from 227 grams per US cup.

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 170g of butter without a scale?

Use ½ + ¼ cup. 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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