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food and drink desserts and bakingWhat can you substitute for cream cheese?
If you need an alternative to cream cheese, you can use:
- OR - 8 oz lower fat cottage cheese plus 1/4 cup margarine.
- OR - Equal amounts of lower fat (Neufchatel) cream cheese.
- OR - Equal parts of ricotta cheese plus plain, full-fat yogurt.
- See more alternatives for specific uses below.
Similarly, you may ask, can you substitute sour cream for cream cheese?
Cream cheese is thicker, higher fat, and less acidic than sour cream. If you want to replace sour cream with cream cheese, beat 4 tablespoons of milk and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice into 8 oz of cream cheese. This replaces 1 cup of sour cream. To do the opposite, replace cream cheese with sour cream, is not as easy.
Similarly, it is asked, can you substitute butter for cream cheese?
Adding cream cheese to a pastry recipe gives it a flavor more similar to a tart and may have a cheesy taste. Replace all of the butter with this oil and cream cheese mixture. If the recipe calls for 1 cup of butter, use 3/4 cup of the mixture. Cream cheese is typically lower in fat and calories than butter.
Sour Cream vs. Cream Cheese. While sour cream is made by fermenting cream, cream cheese is made by curdling milk, draining it, and processing it into a smooth, soft cheese. Cream cheese also contains more fat than sour cream: a minimum of 33% milk fat is required for cream cheese, whereas sour cream contains 20% fat.