Replacing Dairy

Compared to replacing eggs or wheat flour in a recipe, replacing milk, butter, and other dairy products is likely the easiest of the replacement challenges. But there are some products that work better than others, or may have other virtues that make them a viable choice for you.

The recipes that use vegetable oil in this chapter have been specially designed and tested to use it instead of a solid fat. Typically, vegetable oil cannot replace butter in a conventional recipe with similar results. The type of vegetable oil you wish to use is up to you, but any neutral-tasting oil is fine.