How to adjust oil in recipe when adding peanut butter

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I made a peanut butter cake, but it had too much oil. I used a recipe I'm familiar with, but added peanut butter to it. I used natural peanut butter (only contains peanuts and a little salt).

How much should I cut back on the butter (the only oil in my recipe) when adding peanut butter? Do I need to adjust the eggs as well? I used approximately 1/3 c peanut butter for a single layer cake.



Best Answer

Natural Peanut butter is about 50% fat, butter is about 80% fat. If you want to maintain the original amount of fat in the recipe, you would decrease the butter by 60% of the amount of peanut butter you used. So if you used 1/3 cup of Peanut butter, subtract about 1/5 cup (a little less than a 1/4 cup) of butter from your recipe. Don't adjust the eggs.

Hope this helps! I had to use too much math to get to the answer.




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Quick Answer about "How to adjust oil in recipe when adding peanut butter"

If you want to maintain the original amount of fat in the recipe, you would decrease the butter by 60% of the amount of peanut butter you used. So if you used 1/3 cup of Peanut butter, subtract about 1/5 cup (a little less than a 1/4 cup) of butter from your recipe.

Can you replace oil with peanut butter?

Remember to look for varieties with no added oil. Use an equal amount of nut butter to replace the margarine or oil in a recipe. If the nut butter is particularly stiff, stir one or two tablespoons of soy milk into the measured amount before using.

How much oil should I add to peanut butter?

1-2 tablespoons of honey or maple syrup can be added to sweeten the peanut butter. Add the sweetener when you add the salt. However, you must also add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil or coconut oil to prevent the peanut butter from seizing up and becoming tough. Add the sweetener and oil at the same time with the salt.

How do you fix oil in peanut butter?

Try this: Slide a butter knife down the side of the jar until it touches the bottom. Rotate the jar and pull the knife towards the center. All of the oil will fill the empty spaces as you do this. Keep mixing until you reach your desired consistency.



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