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Dairy Free And gluten-free Butter?


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VydorScope Proficient

Welp I want to try that gluten-free toll house recipe from Nestle, but it calls for butter. Since I am attempting to elminate milk from my diet to test for intolerence, what can I use in place of butter when baking?

Thanks!


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jerseyangel Proficient

If you don't mind soy, you can use Crisco. The butter-flavored sticks are great for cookies. For a soy-free alternative, Spectrum makes a solid shortening. I have found it at Whole Foods.

VydorScope Proficient
If you don't mind soy, you can use Crisco. The butter-flavored sticks are great for cookies. For a soy-free alternative, Spectrum makes a solid shortening. I have found it at Whole Foods.

Hmm I have crsico, I use it for non-stick baking, I will have ot check it out. Would it be 1 for 1?

jerseyangel Proficient

You would use Crisco 1 for 1 to sub for butter. What do you mean by non stick baking? Oh--you mean to grease the pan? (I'm a little slow on the uptake :( ) Yea, just straight substitute the Crisco for the butter.

Another thing about using Crisco vs. butter--the cookies come out chewier, and not so flat.

VydorScope Proficient
You would use Crisco 1 for 1 to sub for butter. What do you mean by non stick baking? Oh--you mean to grease the pan? (I'm a little slow on the uptake :( ) Yea, just straight substitute the Crisco for the butter.

Another thing about using Crisco vs. butter--the cookies come out chewier, and not so flat.

Yep, grease the pan. :) Littel gluten-free flour helps too.

Canadian Karen Community Regular

If it turns out to be only a lactose problem, then I use Fleishmann's. They have a margarine that is both gluten free and lactose free.

Happy baking!

Karen

Kasey'sMom Enthusiast

I used Spectrum Organic Shortening and Spectrum coconut oil/butter. I use the 1:1 ratio for both. I saw Kroger was carrying the shortening now. My mom made wonderful eggless, dairy free brownies for me the other day. She used Bob's Brownie Mix, Spectrum Organic Shortening and Ener-G Egg Replacer. They we're incrediable!!! :D

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StrongerToday Enthusiast

I use Smart Balance margerine, lactose and gluten free - but there's a bit of soy in it.

penguin Community Regular

No help from me on the butter issue, but as far as the shortening-in-cookie thing, Alton Brown had a Good Eats episode called "three chips for Sister Marsha" (can't tell I'm a fan, right?) and at least one of the recipes used shortening. If you could catch that episode, he'd explain all of the wonders of using different fats for different results. I think in all three recipes he used variations of the Toll House recipe!

The shortening one was the "puffy" cookie... :)

The episode will air on Food Network on these dates:

AIR TIMES:

March 25, 2006 10:30 PM ET/PT

March 26, 2006 2:30 AM ET/PT

April 01, 2006 5:30 PM ET/PT

April 02, 2006 4:30 PM ET/PT

VydorScope Proficient
I use Smart Balance margerine, lactose and gluten free - but there's a bit of soy in it.

Might be latcose free, but its NOT dairy free. We have it here, and Whey is in the ingredients.

Mango04 Enthusiast

Earth Balance is really really good. It is completely dairy and gluten free. It does contain soy though.

aaascr Apprentice

There's always coconut oil..

mmaccartney Explorer

If you can tolerate soy, we use Earth Balance. I've not found anything that doesn't work properly with Earth balance instead of butter.

Personally, we think it even tastes better then butter!! But then perhaps that is due to te fact that we haven't had butter in our house for 4 years now!!!

Becky6 Enthusiast

We use Earth balance as well. And it is good!

teankerbell Apprentice

We use Earth Balance.

Jnkmnky Collaborator

So far, I've gotten away with olive oil. I even use it in mashed potatoes.... If you go to a store like WholeFoods, there are tons of flavored oils. We like the flavored Avocado oils. I also have walnut oil, grapeseed oil, but there are lots and lots to choose from. Maybe you couldn't get away with using oil in this recipe, but it may work for you in others that call for smaller amounts of butter. Maybe applesauce? maybe mashed bananas? Experimenting can be fun. What do they use in other cultures?

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Maple butter sounds good.

VydorScope Proficient

DUH! I was making it with crisco when the light dawned on me....

CHOLATE CHIPS HAVE DARIY IN THEM. Ah well...

Kasey'sMom Enthusiast
CHOLATE CHIPS HAVE DARIY IN THEM. Ah well...

I hate when something like that happens!!

Here are the new chips I bought. They're a little small than the regular size chocolate chips. :)

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VydorScope Proficient
I hate when something like that happens!!

Here are the new chips I bought. They're a little small than the regular size chocolate chips. :)

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COol, I'll look for them if this milk thing plays out ot be bad, but I think I will just wiat on making cookies for now.

Cheri A Contributor
COol, I'll look for them if this milk thing plays out ot be bad, but I think I will just wiat on making cookies for now.

Aww, bummer Vincent! I'll 2nd the vote for the Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips... top 8 free! And I just made cookies using Spectrum Shortening instead of margarine last night.

VydorScope Proficient

Just back from Kroger, did not see any of the names mentioned in this thread, and everyone mention milk in some form.... :(

Carriefaith Enthusiast

I use Earth Balance gluten and dairy free butter with no problems.

TCA Contributor

I found that the Walmart brand of margarine in the tub is dairy free. I've used it in a lot of baking and it works pretty well.

jenvan Collaborator

Earth Balance---me too! Sticks in baking etc have worked great and I also do the tub 'butter' too.

Felidae Enthusiast

I use Fleischmann's salt free, lactose free margarine. It is actually dairy-free and gluten-free.

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