2 Ingredient Buttermilk Substitute
Tami McBride
Combine a milk product and an acid to make a perfect buttermilk substitute in just 10 minutes. Choose any milk product and any acid you have on hand.
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 15 minutes mins
- Choose an acid: 2 tablespoons lemon juice white vinegar or apple cider vinegar OR 1¾ teaspoons cream of tartar OR ¾ cup yogurt OR ⅔ cup sour cream
- Choose a milk: 14 tablespoons 1% 2%, whole milk, half and half, or a nut milk
Milk + Lemon Juice or Vinegar
ADD 2 tablespoons lemon juice (or vinegar) to a measuring cup.
MEASURE enough milk (any percentage of milk or half and half) into a liquid measuring cup to equal 1 cup (add 14 tablespoons).
LET IT SIT for 10 minutes.
WHISK to combine.
USE as you would buttermilk.
Almond Milk + Lemon Juice
ADD 2 tablespoons lemon juice (or vinegar) to a measuring cup.
MEASURE enough milk (any percentage of milk or half and half) into a liquid measuring cup to equal 1 cup (add 14 tablespoons).
LET IT SIT for 10 minutes.
WHISK to combine.
USE as you would buttermilk.
Half and Half + Lemon Juice
ADD 2 tablespoons lemon juice to a measuring cup.
MEASURE enough half and half into a liquid measuring cup to equal 1 cup (add 14 tablespoons).
LET IT SIT for 10 minutes.
WHISK to combine.
USE as you would buttermilk.
Milk + Cream of Tartar
ADD 1 cup of milk to a measuring cup.
ADD 1¾ teaspoons cream of tartar.
LET IT SIT for 10 minutes.
WHISK to combine.
USE as you would buttermilk.
Milk + Yogurt
MIX ¼ cup milk + ¾ cup yogurt. (Nut yogurt will work also.)
WHISK very well to remove all lumps.
USE as you would buttermilk.
Milk + Sour Cream
MIX ⅓ cup milk + ⅔ cup sour cream.
WHISK very well to remove all lumps.
USE as you would buttermilk.
Nutritional information varies based on the acid and milk product selected.
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