Rolled oats: cups to grams

Rolled oats, also called old-fashioned or porridge oats, are light and full of air, so a cup weighs only about 89 g. That is why measuring oats by weight can make a big difference to cookies and granola bars.

1 cup of rolled oats = 90 g

½ cup = 45 g · ¼ cup = 20 g · 1 tablespoon = 6 g

Convert any amount

Rolled oats: cups to grams

US cupsGrams
⅛ cup10 g
¼ cup20 g
⅓ cup30 g
½ cup45 g
⅔ cup60 g
¾ cup65 g
1 cup90 g
1½ cups135 g
2 cups180 g
3 cups270 g
4 cups360 g

Tablespoons and teaspoons

SpoonGrams
1 tablespoon6 g
2 tablespoons10 g
¼ cup (4 tablespoons)20 g
1 teaspoon2 g
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Grams to cups

Going the other way, for a metric recipe in US cups:

GramsCups of rolled oats
25 gabout ¼ cup
50 gabout ½ cup
100 gabout 1⅛ cups
125 gabout 1⅜ cups
150 gabout 1⅔ cups
200 gabout 2¼ cups
250 gabout 2¾ cups
300 gabout 3⅜ cups
400 gabout 4½ cups
500 gabout 5⅝ cups
1 kgabout 11¼ cups

Quick oats

Quick-cooking oats are rolled thinner and cut smaller but weigh about the same per cup. In cookies they give a softer, less chewy texture.

Steel-cut oats

Steel-cut (pinhead) oats are dense chopped grains: about 140 g per cup. They cook differently too, so don't substitute them for rolled oats in baking.

Weights are for a level US cup (236.6 ml), spooned in, based on published baking ingredient-weight charts. Weighing will always be more accurate than any cup.