Never leave buttermilk out of a recipe — it's essential for adding moisture and helping batters rise. You can create buttermilk substitutions using other dairy such as milk, yogurt, and sour cream.

Sometimes you see it coming: Buttermilk pancakes. Buttermilk fried chicken. Buttermilk biscuits. Other times, it sneaks up on you: “Wait, there’s buttermilk in this recipe?” If you don’t have it on ...

Have you ever needed buttermilk for a recipe — like Chili Pepper Madness’ jalapeno “bottle caps” or Alexandra’s Kitchen’s buttermilk blueberry breakfast cake — but didn’t have any on hand? If so, ...

Homemade buttermilk in a glass and carafe - sweet marshmallow/Shutterstock Buttermilk is the secret weapon behind many classic recipes, serving to tenderize and ...

Dozens of iconic Southern recipes call for buttermilk, the incomparable cultured milk that lightens, tenderizes, marinates, flavors, and performs other works of kitchen magic. When buttermilk is at ...