Vegan "Butter" Chickpeas Recipe (dairy-free) | The First Mess (2024)

FAQs

Can I use coconut oil instead of vegan butter? ›

Coconut oil is a delicious vegan alternative to butter as it behaves similarly to butter compared to other oils. It solidifies when cool and melts at room temperature, making it very versatile. If you use unrefined coconut oil, you can expect a more distinctive taste, but refined coconut oil is basically flavourless.

It's a 1:1 swap! If a recipe calls for 227 g (or 1 c) of dairy butter, you can use the same amount of vegan butter as an equal swap. Remember, though, that for baking, you want a higher-fat vegan butter.

Vegan butter is a non-dairy butter substitute made from plant-based ingredients. It is typically made from a blend of vegetable oils such as coconut, palm, or soybean and other natural ingredients such as nuts, seeds, and even algae. This makes it a great alternative for those who: Follow a vegan diet.

Yes, we have tested Miyoko's vegan butter with this recipe. On Miyoko's packaging, it advises that their butter "melts, browns, and spreads phenomenally." We compared Mikoyo browned butter on its own, versus browned with pecans, and we think the pecans added a layer of nuttiness to the plain version.

What are good vegan butter substitutes? In baking, you can use vegan butter, applesauce, dairy-free yogurt, coconut oil, coconut butter, olive oil, nut butter, mashed banana and mashed avocado. In cooking, you can use olive oil, coconut oil, vegetable stock, or avocado oil to replace butter.

Mac Nut Oil is more stable and much healthier than canola, olive or coconut oil with a richer buttery flavor and high in mono-saturated fats.

Like many of the brand's products, this butter is made with cultured almond milk to mimic that luscious, buttery taste and texture. Pro tip: melt onto one of Kite Hill's filled pastas for a decadent yet simple weeknight dinner.

With its rich and creamy texture avocado pulp makes an excellent vegan substitute for butter.

Violife products usually hit for us here at Sporked. They really understand how to mimic the delicious qualities of cheese and butter without using dairy products. This big brick of butter is salty, creamy, and delicious. It's made with canola oil and sunflower oil, but thankfully doesn't taste like low-rent margarine.

It is a limited-edition item made by us in our plant in Germany to help our U.S. production meet the high demand for our products, which has increased due to more people are eating at home during the pandemic. Are Country Crock^® products okay for vegan diets? Country Crock^® Plant Butter is suitable for vegan diets.

Which vegan butter is best for baking? ›

For Baking: Flora Plant Butter

One day I needed something for a pie crust and I saw Flora in very baking-friendly packaging. It's hard to measure ingredients out of a tub, which is why it's nice that Flora's butter sticks come wrapped in paper; it's easy to notch out a ½ cup or however much your vegan recipe calls for.

Country Crock tastes the most similar to traditional butter. And Earth Balance is a great all around taste.

We blend coconut oil with carefully chosen ingredients to perfect the buttery texture you crave without any lactose, gluten, nuts, or preservatives. Plant-Based oil Blend from Canola, Coconut and Sunflower oils, Water, Sunflower Lecithin, Faba Bean Protein, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Glucose, Beta Carotene (Color).

One of the best things about baking with coconut oil is that it stays solid at room temperature (most of the time) and can be partially softened to replicate the texture of softened butter.

Coconut oil can replace butter in baking at a 1:1 ratio, though it may slightly change the flavor, with some types of coconut oil affecting taste more than others. Unrefined coconut oil tends to taste more like coconut than refined varieties. It works great for recipes that require tropical or rich chocolate flavors.

Coconut oil and butter both have a relatively low smoke point of around 350 F, so if you're accustomed to heating up some butter in a pan and sauteeing some vegetables, you can use coconut oil in the same way.