Homemade Buttermilk

melissa
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bottle of vinegar and cup of homemade buttermilk Sometimes a baking recipe will call for a small amount of buttermilk. Not only do I never have that on hand, I don't feel like spending $4 or more on a carton when all I need is 1 cup. I found this nifty tip in one of my cookbooks years ago and haven't bought buttermilk since. I can't taste the difference with the end results, either. Tastes just as good!

This has saved me $, and I always have the ingredients on hand to make this.

Total Time: 5 minutes

Yield: 1 cup

Source: Better Homes and Garden Cookbook

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp lemon juice or white vinegar
about 1 cup milk or plain yogurt

Steps:

Put either 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice or distilled white vinegar into a 1 cup measure.
Add either milk or plain yogurt to fill measure to the 1 cup mark.
Let sit 5 minutes before using.
Voila! Buttermilk! Happy baking.:)

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Cory

December 22, 20140 found this helpful

I've done this for years. Works so well and keeps me from buying a half gallon of buttermilk for a cup or two and then the rest going bad.

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Cory

December 22, 20141 found this helpful

I use apple cider vinegar that works well also.

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Teric

December 26, 20140 found this helpful

Good idea.

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Carolyn

May 21, 20171 found this helpful

Saco Foods markets a powdered buttermilk. Wonderful to keep on hand for those baking and cooking needs.

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Anonymous

August 25, 20170 found this helpful

I,too, by-passed certain recipes if they called for buttermilk. I am much too frugal too knowingly buy 1 Qt. of fresh buttermilk knowing that I would have to waste 1/2 qt.

or more. I have used powdered buttermilk for years and it works great!

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