Is it possible to make sugar cookies without butter?
I don't have any butter and don't have the money to buy some right now, but I really badly want to make a batch of cookies for some family friends who recently had a baby. Please help!
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I can't have butter very often for various reasons and so most things I make I have to make a substitution. If you have coconut oil, that's fine though you may need to put it in the fridge before you use it, depending on how hard it is at room temperature. If all you have is oil just use 20% less of it and add that amount of liquid (water, milk...) as that's the approximate water content of butter. They will not be the same as butter cookies and they will brown faster have a somewhat different texture, but it will work.
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The vegetable oil can replace butter in baking at a 1:1 ratio. Vegetable oil is great for a sugar cookie, as it tends to have a milder flavor or can be tasteless in comparison to other oils, such as coconut, that have a distinct flavor.Can I use oil instead of butter in cookies?
Cookies (Oil Option) \u2013 Use half the amount of oil in cookie recipes that call for butter, but add liquid as needed. So if your recipe calls for 1 cup butter, substitute 1/2 cup oil and add liquid until the dough comes together and looks properly hydrated.Is butter necessary for cookies?
Although butter is often considered one of the most essential ingredients for making rich and delicious chocolate chip cookies, you can actually make tasty cookies without butter. Instead, there are several things that you can substitute for butter in chocolate chip cookies.How To Make Sugar Cookies without Butter (REMAKE)
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Butter is about 80% fat and 20% water with dissolved milk solids. So replace it with a fat of your choice (preferably a more solid one like coconut oil, palm oil, lard, bacon fat, shortening) and water or milk in those proportions. A more liquid fat like vegetable oil should work too, but may change the texture more. You'll lose the butter flavor in any case.
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I don't know about sugar cookies, but sunflower or olive oil make good subs in general cookies. I use vegan margarine due to my boyfriend's dairy intolerance and I've made some with oil to great effect. I measure by weight though so it kit be different if you measure by volume.
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