5 Best Substitutes for Buttermilk

5 Best Substitutes for Buttermilk

HomeCooking Tips, Recipes5 Best Substitutes for Buttermilk

Buttermilk is a must for weekend pancakes or waffles but it’s not always something you have in your fridge. Here’s what to use instead plus how to make sour milk.

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Best Substitutes for Buttermilk

All too often I wake up on Saturday morning craving pancakes and there is no buttermilk in the fridge. While I love buttermilk for its pleasant flavor and ability to make my short stack ultra-tender I rarely have buttermilk on hand.

Because of this I have learned to adapt and use substitutes! Luckily there are a lot of great substitutes. Here are the best ones including a dairy-free one.

Traditionally buttermilk was the liquid left behind after churning butter. Today however buttermilk is made by adding bacterial cultures to skim or whole milk to produce a fermented milk product that is slightly thick with a yogurt-like sourness.