Buttermilk Substitution

Last Updated on: 2nd December 2025, 10:20 pm

Let’s say you are at home baking and halfway through your recipe you realize you dont have buttermilk, or the one that you have has gone bad. No worries! Here is an easy buttermilk substitue.

Homemade Buttermilk

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

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Servings 1 cup

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup Milk Any kind, Whole milk, almond, rice, cashew, etc.
• 1 tbsp Acid Lemon juice or Vinegar

Instructions

 

• Measure out 1 cup of milk and add in 1tbsp acid, mix together
• Let sit for 5-10 minutes until mixuture gets slightly thick & lumpy
• Use buttermilk right away
  

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