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255g Butter in Cups

255 grams of butter is 1 cup + 2 tbsp — 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.

255 g of butter is

1 cup + 2 tbsp

1.12 US cups · 18 tbsp · 266 ml · 227 g per cup

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

1 cup+2 tbsp

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 cup + 2 tablespoons. It is 2¼ 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.

255g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient255g in cupsPer cup
Butter1 cup + 2 tbsp227 g
All-Purpose Flour2 cups125 g
Granulated Sugar1¼ cups200 g
Water1 cup + 1½ tbsp236 g

See all 255g conversions on the 255 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
230 g1 cup16.2 tbsp
238 gabout 1 cup16.8 tbsp
240 g1 cup + 1 tbsp16.9 tbsp
250 g1 cup + 1½ tbsp17.6 tbsp
260 g1 cup + 2½ tbsp18.3 tbsp
270 g1 cup + 3 tbsp19 tbsp
275 gabout 1¼ cups19.4 tbsp
280 g1¼ cups19.8 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 255g of butter?

255 grams of butter is 1 cup + 2 tbsp, 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 255g of butter without a scale?

Use 1 cup + 2 tablespoons. 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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