How To Make Buttermilk - Ever wonder how to make buttermilk even if you do not have actual buttermilk? All you need is milk, lemon juice, or white vinegar. (makes 1 cup buttermilk)

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How To Make Buttermilk

Hi Everyone, I recently re-posted my first recipe and post on this blog, Gluten-Free Mocha Cake, with updated photos and it occurred to me that I should really have a dedicated recipe tutorial for How to Make Buttermilk.

I find Buttermilk improves the texture of baked recipes like cakes, cupcakes and muffins as well as pancakes and waffles, for example, these Strawberry Buttermilk Pancakes.

Isn't it the worse when you are making a baking recipe or other recipe and it requires buttermilk, and you don't have it?

Who wants to take the time to make a special trip to the grocery store to get buttermilk?

Some grocery stores don't even carry buttermilk!

This tutorial is a quick fix if you find yourself in a bind like this - can you tell that I have in the past? lol.

Ingredients

• milk
• lemon juice

Kitchen Tools

• wet measure
• measuring spoons
• spoon or small whisk for stirring

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This post was originally published on 5/14/2018 and updated and republished on 3/11/2021

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How To Make Buttermilk

Yield: 1 cup

Prep Time: 1 minute

Cook Time: 1 minute

Total Time: 2 minutes

How To Make Buttermilk – Ever wonder how to make make buttermilk even if you do not have actual buttermilk? All you need is milk, lemon juice or white vinegar. makes 1 cup buttermilk

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Ingredients

• 1 cup milk, can be whole milk, 1%, 2% or skim
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice , I use fresh squeezed lemon juice, you can sub same amount white vinegar

Instructions

1. Pour 1 cup milk and add 1 tablespoon lemon juice, stir, let it sit for 5 minutes before using.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1288Total Fat: 55gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 31gCholesterol: 217mgSodium: 1935mgCarbohydrates: 123gFiber: 4gSugar: 40gProtein: 79g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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