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Butter-Vanilla flavor, a combination of butter flavor and vanilla flavor Artificial butter flavoring is a flavoring used to give a food the taste and smell of butter . It may contain diacetyl , acetylpropionyl , or acetoin , three natural compounds in butter that contribute to its characteristic taste and smell.
Molly McButter is an American-made flavored butter substitute manufactured by B&G Foods. [1] Originally developed by food chemists at Alberto-Culver, it is a lower-calorie replacement for butter. [2] [3] As a result of its partially hydrogenated oil ingredient, Molly McButter contains trans fat. [4]
Margarine, particularly polyunsaturated margarine, has become a major part of the Western diet and had overtaken butter in popularity in the mid-20th century. [31] In the United States, for example, in 1930, the average person ate over 18 lb (8.2 kg) of butter a year and just over 2 lb (0.91 kg) of margarine.
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If a recipe calls for salted butter and you only have unsalted, it’s an easy fix: Simply add a small amount of salt to your ingredients (approximately ¼ teaspoon salt per ½ cup of butter).
Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products. The idea of shortening dates back to at least the 18th century, well before the invention of modern, shelf-stable vegetable shortening. [1] In the earlier centuries, lard was the primary ingredient used to shorten dough. [2]
Because of the relatively large fat crystals in lard, it is extremely effective as a shortening in baking. Pie crusts made with lard tend to be flakier than those made with butter. Many cooks employ both types of fat in their pastries to combine the shortening properties of lard with the flavor of butter. [6] [44] [45]