How many grams is 5 tablespoons of butter?
How many grams is 5 tablespoons of butter?
Answer
One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of butter weighs 14.2 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.
5 tablespoons of butter equals 70.9 grams; the way back, from grams to tablespoons, is the Grams to Tablespoons converter.
5 US tablespoons of butter is also 0.3125 US cups or 15 US teaspoons — the same 70.9 grams.
This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. A recipe from Australia means the tablespoon of 20 ml, 35.3 % more: 95.9 grams; the metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) gives 72 grams.
How 5 tablespoons of butter was converted to grams
One US tablespoon of butter weighs 14.2 grams (fourteen point two), so multiply 5 by 14.1875.
5 × 14.1875 g
≈70.9 grams
(seventy point nine grams)
The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 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.
5 tablespoons of other ingredients in grams
The same tablespoon 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.
| Ingredient | 5 tablespoons in grams | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 39.1 grams | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 62.5 grams | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 68.8 grams | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 45.3 grams | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 37.5 grams | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 31.3 grams | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 70.9 grams | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 73.9 grams | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 76.3 grams | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 57.8 grams | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 49.4 grams | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 25.3 grams | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 105.9 grams | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 91.3 grams | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 26.9 grams | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 76.6 grams | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 67.5 grams | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 68.1 grams | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 74.4 grams | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 71.9 grams | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 80.6 grams | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 40 grams | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 69 grams | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 69 grams | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 60 grams | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 39 grams | 7.8 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 5 tablespoons is across every ingredient at once.
The other way round: how many tablespoons a weight fills
This page starts from tablespoons and answers in grams. The opposite question — how many tablespoons a weight from a recipe fills — is what the grams to tablespoons converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: 100 grams of butter is 7.05 tablespoons there.
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US tablespoons of butter to grams
| Tablespoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 1/2 tablespoons | 21.3 grams |
| 2 tablespoons | 28.4 grams |
| 2 1/2 tablespoons | 35.5 grams |
| 3 tablespoons | 42.6 grams |
| 3 1/2 tablespoons | 49.7 grams |
| 4 tablespoons | 56.8 grams |
| 4 1/2 tablespoons | 63.8 grams |
| 5 tablespoons | 70.9 grams |
| 6 tablespoons | 85.1 grams |
| 7 tablespoons | 99.3 grams |
| 8 tablespoons | 113.5 grams |
| 9 tablespoons | 127.7 grams |
| 10 tablespoons | 141.9 grams |
| 11 tablespoons | 156.1 grams |
| 12 tablespoons | 170.3 grams |
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- 4 1/2 tablespoons of granulated sugar in grams — 56.3 g
- 4 1/2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in grams — 61.3 g
- 4 1/2 tablespoons of water in grams — 66.5 g
- 4 1/2 tablespoons of active dry yeast in grams — 54 g
- 4 1/2 tablespoons of plain yogurt in grams — 68.9 g
- 5 tablespoons in grams — butter, sugar, flour and more
- 5 tablespoons of baking powder in grams — 69 g
- 5 tablespoons of baking soda in grams — 69 g
- 5 tablespoons of packed brown sugar in grams — 68.8 g
- 5 tablespoons of unpacked brown sugar in grams — 45.3 g
- 5 tablespoons of ground cinnamon in grams — 39 g
- 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder in grams — 26.9 g
- 5 tablespoons of cooked white rice in grams — 49.4 g
- 5 tablespoons of cornstarch in grams — 40 g
- 5 tablespoons of all-purpose flour in grams — 39.1 g
- 5 tablespoons of heavy cream in grams — 74.4 g
- 5 tablespoons of honey in grams — 105.9 g
- 5 tablespoons of whole milk in grams — 76.3 g
- 5 tablespoons of rolled oats in grams — 25.3 g
- 5 tablespoons of olive oil in grams — 67.5 g