3 cups of butter in grams
3 cups of butter weighs about 681 grams.
| Grams | 681 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces | 24 oz |
| Tablespoons | 48 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 144 tsp |
| Milliliters (volume) | 710 ml |
This is based on 1 cup of butter = 227 g, so 3 cups of butter is 3 × 227 ≈ 681 g.
How to measure 3 cups of butter
By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 681 g of butter.
By volume: Use a 1-cup measure three times, leveling each one. For this much, weighing is quicker and more accurate.
In the US one stick of butter is 1/2 cup, 8 tablespoons or about 113 g, so a cup is two sticks.
Why butter weighs what it does
Butter weighs about the same as water by volume: a cup of water is about 237 g.
3 cups of other ingredients
The same 3 cups holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:
| Ingredient | 3 cups in grams |
|---|---|
| Butter | 681 g |
| Milk | 735 g |
| Heavy cream | 714 g |
| Greek yogurt | 735 g |
| Sour cream | 720 g |
| All-purpose flour | 360 g |
| Granulated sugar | 600 g |
| Water | 711 g |
Other amounts of butter
Full butter conversion chart → · Butter by the tablespoon →