# Can I freeze buttermilk? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230 "2007-12-16T19:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/1 "2007-12-16T19:40:45Z")
OK I am sure I _can_ freeze buttermilk. I guess a better question would be: if I freeze buttermilk, will it still be good as buttermilk (for things like pancakes) when I thaw it out? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/2 "2007-12-16T21:01:09Z")
Better yet, you can buy dried buttermilk. You have to refrigerate it after opening, but it keeps for a long time. It works in recipes just like wet buttermilk. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/3 "2007-12-16T21:16:33Z")
Theoretically you can, and I have and still do. My experience has been it’s perfectly fine for cornbread, but the Alton Brown buttermilk biscuits I tried to make with it were disappointingly flat. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/4 "2007-12-16T21:27:54Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] Better yet, you can buy dried buttermilk. You have to refrigerate it after opening, but it keeps for a long time. It works in recipes just like wet buttermilk. [/QUOTE] OOooooOOoooOOoh! Where?? ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/5 "2007-12-16T22:03:49Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] OOooooOOoooOOoh! Where?? [/QUOTE] Look in the baking supplies aisle; I think that’s where I found it in my local store. Very useful stuff! ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/6 "2007-12-17T20:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] OOooooOOoooOOoh! Where?? [/QUOTE] Like GeoBabe says, any supermarket, in the baking section (usually near the yeast & corn starch). [This](http://www.sacofoods.com/culteredbuttermilkblend.html) is the product you’re looking for. I use it in place of fresh buttermilk, in everything, including the ‘wash’ for fried chicken. Sometimes I reconstitute with milk, for extra goodness, sometimes not, depending on what I’m doing with it. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/7 "2007-12-17T21:45:27Z")
I freeze it in cubes for when I make Ranch dressing, since I don’t make it all that often and thus it’s just a waste of a quart of buttermilk. It works fine. Not sure if it would make a difference if I were using it in a baked product. I’ve tried the dried stuff and I didn’t like it as much. But, conversely, maybe dried works better with things are are cooked, like **butler’s** fried chicken. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-freeze-buttermilk/430230/8 "2007-12-17T22:17:03Z")
I’m so looking for this next time I go to the store.