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How many grams in a cup of brown sugar?
About 220 g in a US cup (240 ml), 232 g in a metric cup (250 ml) and 186 g in a 200 ml cup.
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Cup size
Brown sugar
1 cup = 220 g
- Tablespoons16
- Teaspoons48
- Millilitres237
- Grams220
Dry ingredients are spooned into the cup and levelled. Scooped straight from the bag, flour can weigh up to 20% more — for baking, a scale is the safest bet.
Good to know:
- Recipes almost always mean packed brown sugar: press it into the cup until it holds its shape when turned out. Packed, a cup is about 220 g.
- Spooned loosely it weighs a lot less, so if a recipe just says “1 cup brown sugar”, pack it.
- Light and dark brown sugar weigh the same; dark simply has more molasses. Gone hard? Seal it overnight with a slice of bread and it softens.
Conversion tables (US cup · 240 ml):
Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ | 28 g |
| ¼ | 55 g |
| ⅓ | 73 g |
| ½ | 110 g |
| ⅔ | 147 g |
| ¾ | 165 g |
| 1 | 220 g |
| 1½ | 330 g |
| 2 | 440 g |
| 3 | 660 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | Cups |
|---|---|
| 25 g | ⅛ |
| 50 g | ¼ |
| 100 g | 0.5 |
| 150 g | ⅔ |
| 200 g | 0.9 |
| 250 g | 1⅛ |
| 300 g | 1⅓ |
| 500 g | 2¼ |
Spoons to grams
| Spoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| ½ tsp | 2.3 g |
| 1 tsp | 4.6 g |
| 2 tsp | 9.2 g |
| ½ tbsp | 6.9 g |
| 1 tbsp | 14 g |
| 2 tbsp | 28 g |
| 3 tbsp | 41 g |
| 4 tbsp | 55 g |
| 8 tbsp | 110 g |
Other ingredients (US cup · 240 ml):
Questions:
- How many grams is ½ cup of brown sugar?
- About 110 g, packed. A ¼ cup is 55 g.
- Can I swap brown sugar for white sugar?
- Yes, gram for gram. Brown sugar makes cookies softer and chewier; white sugar makes them crisper.
- How many grams in a tablespoon of brown sugar?
- About 14 g, packed.
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