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:glass_of_milk: Buttermilk

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⏲️ Total Time
15 minutes

🧂 Ingredients

• :glass_of_milk: 1 cup whole milk
• 🍋 1 Tbsp vinegar or lemon juice

📝 Instructions

Step 1

Mix 1 cup of whole milk with 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.

!!! note

The acidity in buttermilk tenderizes the gluten (protein) in flour, plus it works with baking soda better than
plain milk by both neutralizing the flavor of the soda at the same time it is activating it, providing
wonderful leavening.

!!! info

Buttermilk may also be made as a by product of the [butter][2] making process.

🔗 Source

• The King Arthur Baking Company All-Purpose Baker's Companion