¼ cup of butter in ounces
¼ cup of butter ≈ 2 oz = 57 g · 59 mL by volume · at 227 g per cup, spooned and leveled. Use the converter below for any amount or ingredient.
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Formula
grams = cups × 227 (butter) ; ounces = grams ÷ 28.3495
Why weight beats volume for butter
A cup is a volume; a recipe cares about mass. Butter runs about 227 g per US cup measured spoon-and-level, but packing, humidity, and grind can move that by ±10%. Weighing removes the guesswork, which is exactly why serious baking recipes list grams.
1 cup = 2 sticks = 227 g. One US stick is 113 g (8 tbsp).
Butter: cups to ounces table
| Amount | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup (this page) | 57 g | 2 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 76 g | 2.67 oz |
| ½ cup | 114 g | 4 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 151 g | 5.34 oz |
| ¾ cup | 170 g | 6.01 oz |
| 1 cup | 227 g | 8.01 oz |
| 1½ cups | 341 g | 12.01 oz |
| 2 cups | 454 g | 16.01 oz |
| 3 cups | 681 g | 24.02 oz |
Frequently asked questions
How many ounces is ¼ cup of butter?
¼ cup of butter is about 2 oz (57 g), based on 227 g per US cup, measured spoon-and-level.
Why does the ingredient change the answer?
Cups measure volume, grams measure weight. Dense ingredients pack more weight into the same cup: a cup of honey is 340 g while a cup of rolled oats is only 90 g. That is why generic cup-to-gram converters get recipes wrong.
Does it matter how I fill the cup?
1 cup = 2 sticks = 227 g. One US stick is 113 g (8 tbsp).
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
A US customary cup (236.6 mL). A metric cup is 250 mL, about 5.7% bigger, and old UK recipes use a 284 mL imperial cup. ¼ cup here is 59 mL by volume.