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For my sourdough waffle recipe, I will substitute half milk and half greek yogurt for the buttermilk. Still gives the tangy flavor. I always have those things in the fridge.
Do you blend them or do something to eliminate the little yogurt clumps? Or just roll with them?
 
It never hurts to keep a quart of buttermilk in the back of the fridge. It’s useful stuff, and keeps for longer than you might think.
I use what I need after opening the carton and then freeze the remainder in 3/4 cup vacuum sealed bags. That portion is what I typically use in making buttermilk biscuits. Yes, it does separate, but readily mix's back together in the unfrozen bag.
 
I’ve never seen yogurt clump, at least greek yogurt. We substitute it for sour cream, blends up like normal.
Same in protein drinks
Yeah, mechanical blending, exactly! Right?
Tossing in thick Greek yogurt 1:1 instead of buttermilk and trying to gently mix like for biscuits or pancakes (everyone knows over mixing makes them tougher and dense) results in clumping, 100%.
 
I use what I need after opening the carton and then freeze the remainder in 3/4 cup vacuum sealed bags. That portion is what I typically use in making buttermilk biscuits. Yes, it does separate, but readily mix's back together in the unfrozen bag.
The amazing thing is that the stuff keeps for like six months without freezing, I swear. I can’t think of the last time I had a container go “off” before I used it up.
 
Yeah, mechanical blending, exactly! Right?
Tossing in thick Greek yogurt 1:1 instead of buttermilk and trying to gently mix like for biscuits or pancakes (everyone knows over mixing makes them tougher and dense) results in clumping, 100%.
I’ve never had an issue mixing by hand.
 
Whatever wife buys for us.
There’s as much issue of clumping with the dry mix itself
Thinking of it, have you mixed the yogurt first into the liquid before adding it to a dry mix?
That makes a difference
 
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Whatever wife buys for us.
There’s as much issue of clumping with the dry mix itself
Thinking of it, have you mixed the yogurt first into the liquid before adding it to a dry mix?
That makes a difference
I see. That’s what I was wondering about—pre blending/thinning the yogurt before adding it to the dry ingredients.

Yeah my biscuits have no other liquid in them other than buttermilk and I certainly don’t use a “dry mix” as it’s way too easy to use real ingredients and no commercial mix I’ve found is any good.

When I tried subbing Greek yogurt in pancakes instead of buttermilk, more liquid was needed. Greek yogurt is thick and buttermilk is runny. Hence the difference. Not a 1:1 sub. At least it doesn’t work out that way in my kitchen. Amazing all the different ways to make a dish.
 
Dry mix is not necessarily pre bought, simply all of the dry ingredients often sifted together.
You are correct, it is not a 1:1. Same as if you use pumpkin in pancakes/waffles.
 
Can you share that milk and honey dinner rolls recipe? They look amazing!
I started with this:

But made a few changes:
Subbed 100g of whole grain white wheat (Edison) for some of the bread flour
Added 30 g powdered milk
Used 220 g 2% milk instead of 100 g each of water and milk
 
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