Earth Balance
#320885 - 12/17/07 01:56 PM
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Erilyn
Reged: 11/14/07
Posts: 743
Loc: Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
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Has anyone tried the Earth Balance Buttery Sticks for baking? I made a batch of my annual Christmas shortbread cookies on Saturday using this instead of butter, and was very disappointed in the flavour. Rather than having the usual nice, light buttery flavour, they ended up having almost a stale, oily kind of taste. 
And the stuff wasn't cheap, either! 
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IBS-A since age 12, and fructose sensitive; with the exception of my pregnancy, have been following Heather's diet since Nov. 19, 2007.
Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!
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Oh no,:( I bought it too hoping it would work well...it is expensive! I brought another brand but can't remember the name..I will let you know how it works out.
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Re: Earth Balance
#320949 - 12/18/07 09:48 AM
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Erilyn
Reged: 11/14/07
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Loc: Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
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I had another cookie yesterday, and it seems the "oily" flavour mellowed out a bit. They're still not the same, though.
Good luck with yours - the recipe could probably make all the difference - these particular cookies rely heavily on a "buttery" flavour, so the Earth Balance might be perfectly fine in something like gingerbread cookies, chocolate cookies, or anything else where "butter" wouldn't be the dominant flavour.
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Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!
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I found the Cisco (ALL VEGETABLE) butter flavor shortening works best in cookies.
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I've used them for my snickerdoodles, chocolate chip, and oatmeal cookies, and they've turned out great! If anything, I use a little less than it says. It just sells out so quickly at my local whole foods that I can only get it about once a month!
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