I'm making "Paper-thin Fruit Pies" and the recipe says low-fat spread is that a term for butter or cooking oil, please help not an expert cooking!
2006-10-10 07:50:01 · 4 answers · asked by lorenlei2006 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
It is "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Light" or "Smart Balance" in a container from the grocery store. It's more like butter than like cooking oil.
2006-10-10 07:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is a vegetable spread that has had air whipped into it making it look like more. Based on that, you will not get the same results. Basically you need cold butter when baking or even lard, believe it or not. Anyway, the gluten (or protein in the flour) bonds to the cold butter giving you a nice dough. Whatever the recipe calls for is probably the amount that you will need to get an even spread, as it were, to take into account all the dry ingredients - make sense?
Basically, stick with butter, it will taste better, rise better and make a better presentation. Also, when baking try to stick with unsalted butter unless called for.
2006-10-10 07:55:40 · answer #2 · answered by puck_in_ms 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is neither butter or cooking oil. It is margarine spread.
2006-10-10 07:51:36 · answer #3 · answered by educated guess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"i can't believe it's not buuter" is good and "canola oil" is good also "olive oil" is good and you can find it all at your local grocery store
2006-10-10 07:53:58 · answer #4 · answered by lovable 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋