If your goal by avoiding butter is to avoid the cholesterol, I highly recommend a spread called “Earth Balance�. It’s available in health food stores, trader joes and other upscale groceries. It’s typically found near the organic/heath foods, not always with the rest of the butters.
The reason I use it is that its pretty much the only margarine that genuinely has NO transfat. There are a bunch of margarines on the market that claim to have no transfat, but that is deceiving. If you read the ingredient list and see “Hydrogenated� or “Partially Hydrogenated� anywhere, it HAS transfat. They can get away with claiming no transfat because the FDA regulations say that if a particular item has less than .6g per serving, it can claim 0. They achieve this, partially by reducing serving size to fool consumers into thinking they are avoiding the stuff.
Anyway, Earth Balance tastes GREAT! The only downside is that you must keep it in the fridge to be a solid… it will turn to liquid if left out at room temp.
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