Name: Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution
Prep time: 6 min
Total time: 6 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: 1 Cup Milk (minus 1 Tablespoon); 1 Tablespoon Vinegar or Lemon Juice (or 1 teaspoon of True Lemon Crystalized Lemon)

Here is a trick that I learned many moons ago on how Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution with just two ingredients and a Measuring Spoon.

Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution

What do you do when a recipe calls for Buttermilk and you don’t have it in your refrigerator? You really want to make some yummy Southern Style Old Fashion Buttermilk Biscuits or maybe a loaf of my Simply Delicious Banana Bread, but, you have no Buttermilk.

What’s a person to do? Don’t fret! Well, here is an easy substitute that works so well, I rarely use real Buttermilk anymore.

Cast of Ingredients for Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution

Before you go all, well, she lied to me, she said I only need two ingredients to Make My Own Buttermilk Substitution, let me tell you, I am giving you choices. There are several recipes to Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution.

Chose White Vinegar or Lemon Juice

Either use White Vinegar or Lemon Juice. Add either One Tablespoon of White Vinegar or One Tablespoon of Lemon Juice to your liquid measuring cup.

Here is another nifty trick. If you don’t have fresh lemons on hand and/or it is a seasonal citrus where you live, make sure you have a bottle of True Lemon in your cabinet at all times.

One teaspoon of True Lemon, equals one teaspoon Tablespoon of fresh lemon juice. True Lemon is crystalized real lemon and tastes freshly squeezed. If you use True, add one teaspoon to your liquid measuring cup.

Add Milk to One Cup Line

Always add your acidic preference first. Then fill the liquid measuring cup to the one cup mark with milk. Whisk it all together and set it aside for about five minutes.

Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution

The White Vinegar and Lemon Juice mixed with milk, will curdle after a few minutes. You can see the difference in the above photo.

You now have a cup of Buttermilk, which can be used in any recipe calling for Buttermilk.

This Buttermilk Substitution is an equal substitution. One cup of Buttermilk = One cup of this Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution recipe.

Make Your Own Buttermilk Substitution

For smaller quantities of Buttermilk, just cut this recipe down, as needed.

For another thrifty and nifty trick, check out my How to Make Your Own Self Rising Flour recipe.

Kitchen Equipment and Essentials

Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
Rösle Stainless Steel Flat Whisk – a MUST have, probably my most used utensil
True Lemon

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