Butter Substitute in Bread Maker

[Fat Lars]

Head in hands. Vegetable oils including margerine are so so damaging to the body. Please use butter. Heh but ignore what I say. I have a reputation you know for spreading misinformation from dubious sources.

 

[mistyoptic]

Thanks all.

My breadmaker calls for 25g of butter, so I’ll substitute for about 23g of olive oil (which is what we have in the house).

This thread prompted me to try olive oil again in place of butter.

Recipe otherwise identical, 15g of fat in 440g of flour.

I felt the texture was tougher with oil and the keeping qualities less good. Not such a good rise (maybe the little salt in the butter affected?). Overall, I'm not convinced that the amount we're talking about (in a whole loaf) is going to have any influence on Cholesterol.

 

[JtB]

I felt the texture was tougher with oil and the keeping qualities less good. Not such a good rise (maybe the little salt in the butter affected?).

Agreed, additionally I found the bread more difficult to cut.

Today I tried a 50:50 split between butter and olive oil and was pleasantly surprised at the result. I’ve also stopped spreading butter on the bread and drizzle a tiny amount of olive oil instead.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I would use butter if making brioche. Has anyone tried brioche with olive or rape seed oil?

 

[Ajax Bay]

I would use butter if making brioche. Has anyone tried brioche with olive or rape seed oil?

Marie Antoinette did; but it ended badly.