How many grams is 5 1/4 cups of butter?

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How many grams is 5 1/4 cups of butter?

Answer

5 1/4 US cups of butter weighs
1,192 grams

One US cup (236.6 ml) of butter weighs 227 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams.

5 1/4 cups of butter equals 1,192 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.

This is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml. A recipe written for the metric cup of 250 ml (Australia, New Zealand, Canada) means 5.7 % more: 1,259 grams.

How 5 1/4 cups of butter was converted to grams

grams = cups × grams in one US cup

One US cup of butter weighs 227 grams (two hundred twenty-seven), so multiply 5 1/4 by 227.

5 1/4 × 227 g

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1,192 grams

(one thousand one hundred ninety-two grams)

The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams. Scooped ingredients vary with how they are filled — spooned in lightly, a cup weighs less; packed down, more — so for baking a kitchen scale is the exact tool and this figure the standard reference.

5 1/4 cups of other ingredients in grams

The same cup weighs differently for every ingredient: airy ones such as oats and cocoa are light, dense ones such as honey and salt heavy. Your ingredient is highlighted.

5 1/4 US cups of each ingredient in grams
Ingredient5 1/4 cups in gramsOne US cup weighs
All-purpose flour656.3 grams125 grams
Granulated sugar1,050 grams200 grams
Brown sugar, packed1,155 grams220 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked761.3 grams145 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted630 grams120 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted525 grams100 grams
Butter1,192 grams227 grams
Water1,242 grams236.6 grams
Whole milk1,281 grams244 grams
White rice, uncooked971.3 grams185 grams
White rice, cooked829.5 grams158 grams
Rolled oats425.3 grams81 grams
Honey1,780 grams339 grams
Table salt1,533 grams292 grams
Cocoa powder451.5 grams86 grams
Plain yogurt1,286 grams245 grams
Olive oil1,134 grams216 grams
Vegetable oil1,145 grams218 grams
Heavy cream1,250 grams238 grams
Sour cream1,208 grams230 grams
Peanut butter1,355 grams258 grams
Cornstarch672 grams128 grams

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 5 1/4 cups is across every ingredient at once.

The other way round: how many cups a weight fills

This page starts from cups and answers in grams. The opposite question — how many cups a weight from a recipe fills — is what the grams to cups converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: 100 grams of butter is 0.44 cups there.

See Also

  • Grams to Cups - How many US cups a weight of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient fills — by USDA cup weights
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  • Cups to Tablespoons - Convert Cups to Tablespoons
  • Oz to Grams - Convert Ounces to Grams
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About "Cups to Grams" Calculator

This converter turns US cups of an ingredient into grams. The weight of a cup depends on what fills it: a cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams, a cup of sugar 200 grams and a cup of honey 339 grams. Type the cups the way a recipe writes them — 1/2, 1 1/2 or 0.75 — and pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 19 at once. For example, it can help you find out how many grams is 5 1/4 cups of butter? (The answer is: 1,192). Cup weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the cup is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml.
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US cups of butter to grams

CupsGrams
3 1/3 cups756.7 grams
3 1/2 cups794.5 grams
3 3/4 cups851.3 grams
4 cups908 grams
4 1/4 cups964.8 grams
4 1/2 cups1,022 grams
5 cups1,135 grams
5 1/4 cups1,192 grams
5 1/2 cups1,249 grams
6 cups1,362 grams
6 1/2 cups1,476 grams
7 cups1,589 grams
7 1/2 cups1,703 grams
8 cups1,816 grams
9 cups2,043 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 5 1/4 cups of butter?

5 1/4 US cups of butter weighs 1,192 grams

How do you work out 5 1/4 cups of butter in grams?

Multiply the cups by the weight of one US cup of butter: 5 1/4 × 227 ≈ 1,192. The weight of one US cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams.

How many cups is 100 grams of butter?

0.44 US cups — 100 g divided by the 227 grams that one US cup of it weighs.