Ugh, Buttermilk.?

Question

What can you use to substitute buttermilk?

It's a apple and banana bread that called for buttermilk

Answer 1

Substitute undrained, plain yogurt or sour cream, whisked with a little milk to thin, in recipes that call for buttermilk.
Or combine a tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice with enough milk to make 1 cup. Set the latter mixture aside for five minutes before using.

Answer 2

You don't need to buy buttermilk. You make homemade by adding 1 tsp of lemon juice OR vinegar to 1 cup of milk. I do this all the time, I've actually never bought buttermilk and my cakes come out quite tasty. =)

Answer 3

Instead of having to buy a full carton of buttermilk for a recipie just add lemon juice to whole fat milk let it sit for 5 mins or so and you will get the same product without having to use buttermilk. hope this helps

Answer 4

If a recipe calls for buttermilk, you should really use it. I know that you can purchase dry buttermilk and add it to water to get what you need for the recipe.

I agree, buttermilk is gross, but if the recipe calls for it, use it.

Answer 5

Depending on what you're using it for, you can use yogurt. Or you can make buttermilk by putting vinegar in regular milk and letting it stand for about 1/2 hour.

Answer 6

I have never used buttermilk in a recipe...I use one tablespoon cider vinegar (or white as another person suggested) to one cup milk. Let it set for a little while.

Answer 7

If the recipe says buttermilk, use buttermilk. You can't taste it's lumpy sourness in a recipe!

Answer 8

add 1 tbsp of lemon juic to 1c. of milk for homade buttermilk

Answer 9

It all depends on what you are trying to make. Don't be so quick to get rid of it. Try adding it to make homemade pancakes and biscuits. Yummy for your Tummy!

Answer 10

regular sweet milk should be fine, it just may cause your bread not to rise as high or be as moist, but it should not be a problem to use whole milk