Is There a Substitute For Buttermilk in Scone Recipes?

[vwpamperedchef]

buttermilk??

I have a box of scones that need to be made and no buttermilk. Any thing I can substitute it for?

Just wondering. I hate to buy the buttermilk and waste the rest. I won't use the whole container....

 

[ChefBeckyD]

buttermilk??

I have a box of scones that need to be made and no buttermilk. Any thing I can substitute it for?

Just wondering. I hate to buy the buttermilk and waste the rest. I won't use the whole container....

Add a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of regular milk, and let it sit for about 5 minutes. It's called clabbered milk. I do it all the time in place of buttermilk. (it's also a great quick tip to give guests at a show! )

 

[dianevill]

Yes, you can use 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar plus enough milk to make 1 cup OR 1 cup milk plus 1 3/4 tablespoons cream of tartar.

(I use the first substitution often).

 

[vwpamperedchef]

no cream of tartar so I guess Iwill try your suggestions! Thank you!

 

[dianevill]

For the future, you can also buy "powdered buttermilk" ; just add water. The shelf life is over a year...

Send some scones this way, would you? I could go for one right now. LOL!

 

[vwpamperedchef]

I dont even eat them, but my grandmother who is English will just love these!

 

[lkprescott]

You can also substitute plain ol yogurt for buttermilk (not any flavor... just plain ol' yogurt). The vinegar or lemon juice in the milk trick also works well.

 

[CookingwithMary]

The clabbered milk substitutes work fine...and I've frozen buttermilk in the past, for cooking.Cafeteria at my day job has small cartons of non-fat milk and buttermilk, I bring these home when needed for a special recipe. Local convenience store carries the small cartons too.

 

[vwpamperedchef]

Thank you! Turns out I had no lemon juice. I'll have to make it another day! Great to know though!

 

[JAE]

No vinegar either? I'm out of lemon juice too, and I keep forgetting to buy more. It's quite irritating at times. I have a lot of vinegar, three different kinds, at least.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

No vinegar either? I'm out of lemon juice too, and I keep forgetting to buy more. It's quite irritating at times. I have a lot of vinegar, three different kinds, at least.

On another thread, I posted that I was the queen of condiments...well, that includes vinegar.

I havethe following vinegars:
white
cider
red wine
white wine
tarragon
white balsamic
balsamic
malt
rice
seasoned rice
salad
champagne


I'm seriously out of control!

 

[JAE]

I needed red wine vinegar tonight, and I only had a couple different Balsalmic ones, cider, and white. I used cider. I made the portabello panini's. SOOO GOOD! My picky 10 year old DS even said "this is good." He never says that.

 

[jrstephens]

I do it with vinegar all the time. I do not like buttermilk so I never buy it. I saw the vinegar trick on Paula Deen and have been doing it ever since.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I needed red wine vinegar tonight, and I only had a couple different Balsalmic ones, cider, and white. I used cider. I made the portabello panini's. SOOO GOOD! My picky 10 year old DS even said "this is good." He never says that.

We :love: LOVE :love: those!I would have used a Balsamic....

 

[JAE]

BH&G showed a substitute going the opposite way. KWIM? That's why I used what I used.