28g Butter in Cups

28 grams of butter is 2 tbsp — 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.

28 g of butter is

2 tbsp

0.12 US cups · 1.98 tbsp · 29 ml · 227 g per cup

Amount in grams

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

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 2 tablespoons. It is ¼ 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.

28g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient	28g in cups	Per cup
Butter	2 tbsp	227 g
All-Purpose Flour	about 3½ tbsp	125 g
Granulated Sugar	2 tbsp + ¾ tsp	200 g
Water	5¾ tsp	236 g

See all 28g conversions on the 28 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

Grams	Cups	Tablespoons
10 g	about 2 tsp	0.7 tbsp
15 g	about 3¼ tsp	1.1 tbsp
20 g	4¼ tsp	1.4 tbsp
25 g	5¼ tsp	1.8 tbsp
30 g	2 tbsp + ¼ tsp	2.1 tbsp
32 g	2 tbsp + ¾ tsp	2.3 tbsp
35 g	2½ tbsp	2.5 tbsp
40 g	2 tbsp + 2½ tsp	2.8 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 28g of butter?

28 grams of butter is 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 28g of butter without a scale?

Use 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