How many tablespoons is 125 grams of all-purpose flour?
How many tablespoons is 125 grams of all-purpose flour?
Answer
One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of all-purpose flour weighs 7.81 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168894 “Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached”, portion “1 cup” = 125 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.
125 grams of all-purpose flour equals 16 US tablespoons; the way back, from tablespoons to grams, is the Tablespoons to Grams converter.
The same 125 grams of all-purpose flour is 1 US cup or 48 US teaspoons.
This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. The metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) is 1.4 % larger and takes 15.8 tablespoons; the Australian tablespoon of 20 ml is 35.3 % larger, so the same weight fills only 11.8 tablespoons of those.
How 125 grams of all-purpose flour was converted to tablespoons
A tablespoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US tablespoon of all-purpose flour weighs 7.81 grams (seven point eight one), so divide 125 by 7.8125.
125 g ÷ 7.8125 g
=16 tablespoons
(sixteen tablespoons)
The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168894 “Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached”, portion “1 cup” = 125 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons. Scooped ingredients vary with how they are filled — spooned in lightly, a tablespoon weighs less; packed down, more — so for baking a kitchen scale is the exact tool and this figure the standard reference.
125 grams of other ingredients in tablespoons
The same weight fills a different number of tablespoons for every ingredient: light, airy ones take many, dense ones few. Your ingredient is highlighted.
| Ingredient | 125 grams in tablespoons | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 16 tablespoons | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 10 tablespoons | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 9.09 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 13.8 tablespoons | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 16.7 tablespoons | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 20 tablespoons | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 8.81 tablespoons | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 8.45 tablespoons | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 8.2 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 10.8 tablespoons | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 12.7 tablespoons | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 24.7 tablespoons | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 5.9 tablespoons | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 6.85 tablespoons | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 23.3 tablespoons | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 8.16 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 9.26 tablespoons | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 9.17 tablespoons | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 8.4 tablespoons | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 8.7 tablespoons | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 7.75 tablespoons | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 15.6 tablespoons | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 9.06 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 9.06 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 10.4 tablespoons | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 16 tablespoons | 7.8 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many tablespoons 125 grams is across every ingredient at once.
The other way round: how many grams in a tablespoon
This page starts from grams and answers in tablespoons. The opposite question — how many grams a recipe’s tablespoons weigh, fractions like 1/2 and 2 1/2 included — is what the tablespoons to grams converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: one US tablespoon of all-purpose flour is 7.81 grams there and here.
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- Tablespoons to Grams - How many grams a US tablespoon of butter, sugar, flour, honey or another ingredient weighs — by USDA data
- Cups to Tablespoons - Convert Cups to Tablespoons
- Tablespoons to Cups - Convert Tablespoons to Cups
- Grams to Teaspoons - How many US teaspoons a weight of sugar, salt, baking powder, yeast or another ingredient fills — by USDA weights
- Grams to Cups - How many US cups a weight of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient fills — by USDA cup weights

Grams of all-purpose flour to US tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 85 g | 10.9 tablespoons |
| 90 g | 11.5 tablespoons |
| 100 g | 12.8 tablespoons |
| 110 g | 14.1 tablespoons |
| 113 g | 14.5 tablespoons |
| 115 g | 14.7 tablespoons |
| 120 g | 15.4 tablespoons |
| 125 g | 16 tablespoons |
| 130 g | 16.6 tablespoons |
| 140 g | 17.9 tablespoons |
| 150 g | 19.2 tablespoons |
| 160 g | 20.5 tablespoons |
| 170 g | 21.8 tablespoons |
| 175 g | 22.4 tablespoons |
| 180 g | 23 tablespoons |