# Best butter substitute for a particular baking recipe?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-butter-substitute-for-a-particular-baking-recipe/926031 "2020-11-20T08:29:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-butter-substitute-for-a-particular-baking-recipe/926031/1 "2020-11-20T08:29:59Z")

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There’s a brownie recipe I want to make for family this Thanksgiving, one of whom is allergic to milk. I figured I could just look up a butter substitute and use that.

However, this particular brownie recipe promises a chewy texture, and the best way to get it, the magazine says, is to use a particular combination of saturated and unsaturated fat, with butter taking the saturated role and adding flavor.

So which butter substitute is best for that particular purpose?

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-butter-substitute-for-a-particular-baking-recipe/926031/2 "2020-11-20T14:53:02Z")

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There are butter flavored and colored shortenings available. Crisco makes one in both stick and tub packages. I’ve used it in the past with success.