Butter Substitute in Bread Maker

[JtB]

I’m looking to see if I can reduce my colesterol naturally and so I’m cutting out butter from my diet. Is there a healthier alternative to butter that I can use in my bread maker?

 

[JohnHughes307]

We never use butter - a small amount of sunflower oil is fine.

 

[FishFright]

A little olive oil is very nice too , a not too strongly flavoured one though.

 

[raleighnut]

^^^^^^^^^ +1 to both the above

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I invariably use rape seed oil whenever a recipe says butter, although I do it by hand, don't know how bread mixers do it.

 

[OldShep]

Mrs Shep got a cholesterol warning from the medics and we both love butter. I started blending our butter with RiceBranOil. 250g butter to 80ml oil. Results in a butter that always spreads and she passed the next cholesterol test. Along with other dietary changes I must add.
I use around 15g of that in a 400g loaf.

 

[cheys03]

250g butter to 80ml oil. Results in a butter that always spreads.

Excellent. Similar ration butter : oil to Lurpak Spreadable, though I think they use cheaper and less good? sunflower oil.

I’m another who uses olive oil in the bread, I can’t tell the difference in taste, but then maybe I’m not paying enough attention.. or it might be the skim of butter on top the bread anyway when it’s eaten.
I mainly use the olive oil out of laziness when preparing the ingredients, easier to pour a rough weight out the bottle on top the counter then dig in the fridge for the butter.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Have a look at Vitalite Dairy Free, which I've been using for a few years. To me it tastes the same as Clover or other spreadables (not quite as rich but a good substitute), I think it is also sunflower based, and has 75% less saturated fat than butter. Not sure about cholesterol though

 

[lazybloke]

Excellent. Similar ration butter : oil to Lurpak Spreadable, though I think they use cheaper and less good? sunflower oil.

Don't know about Lurpak but the Lidl and Tesco Imitations use Rapeseed oil not sunflower.

 

[T4tomo]

I use olive / sunflower / rapeseed oil in bread recipes. Saves offending any passing vegans too.

 

[cheys03]

Don't know about Lurpak but the Lidl and Tesco Imitations use Rapeseed oil not sunflower.

You’re right! Thank you for the correction
I rescued this from the bin…

 

[oldwheels]

The breadmaker I got yesterday specifies sunflower oil but I only have rapeseed oil in the house so will use that.
I only got the thing as hopefully an energy and therefore money saving device as the oven I normally use has got to be expensive to use for bread.

 

[Alex321]

I use a breadmaker, and always use oil (normally sunflower oil). I don't think any of the recipes I have call for butter as an ingredient.

 

[Mo1959]

I thought the theory that dietary fat put cholesterol up was recently debunked? Wish they would make up their mind. You don't know what's safe/healthy to eat these days!

 

[youngoldbloke]

My recipe calls for 30gms butter, how much oil would that be?