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Can you sub in margarine for butter in brownies?

43K views 13 replies 10 participants last post by  mommato2kids  
#1 ·
I don't have butter, though I do have margarine. I got the most killer craving for brownies and I have everything I need to make them...but the butter.

What's the difference between using butter and margarine in recipes like homemade brownies/cakes/pies? It is a consistency issue?
 
#2 ·
No dif between the two except flavor, but with a strong flavor like chocolate you wouldn't even know. So go ahead and make your brownies. oh dear, now I am going to be thinking of brownies....
 
#4 ·
They'll be just fine. There *are* some recipes that just taste better with butter, and in those cases it will call for "butter, no substitutions"

Now I am craving brownies. Thanks a lot :raspberry: J/K :funnyface:
 
#11 ·
Try some plain soy milk (not vanilla) with the brownies. Not that bad. Pricey though.

Hey, I'm in Michigan's BEAUTIFUL U.P.--it won't take me that long to get to Calgary--save me a brownie!:sly:
 
#12 ·
Oooooh, I just looked at a map and that's about 2000 km.

(In my best Rosanne Rosannadanna voice)---"Never mind".