Saco Cultured Buttermilk for Cooking and Baking, Powdered, 12 oz

This product makes great pancakes. We used to be able to pick this up at the Whole Foods grocery store where we shop but found this product on line at Amazon. If you like buttermilk pancakes, this is a great product as you do not have to buy actual buttermilk which is way too much leftover unless you eat pancakes every day. We have been using this product for several years & love the pancakes it makes for the 2 of us. Great to have on hand if there are only 2 of you to make breakfast for & we highly recommend it. Great for us empty-nesters. You do need to refrigerate it after opening & using the product for the first time.

Good product!

Many of my bread recipes call for buttermilk, but it's not my choice of casual drink. I tried this powder and tasted it after mixing it in water; it's pretty good. I've found that warming the water and using a corded hand held mixer gives the best results, though one would argue that it might not make much difference in the dough. My breads, with this in them, taste better and have a softer, firmer texture. For some reason, not available locally. I might try them in doughnuts.

I'm never without this stuff. I use it in biscuits, of course, but it's also handy when a recipe calls for buttermilk. Who has fresh buttermilk laying around? What? You're going to buy a quart when you need two tablespoons, and let the rest rot in your fridge? With this product, one can mix up even small amounts of buttermilk as needed, and there's no waste. Just FYI, my primary use for it, is that I brine almost all meat—chicken, port, even beef—in buttermilk brine. What a difference it makes to any and every meat! Full marks.

Nice to have on hand when I don't have the liquid kind. I really like this brand. Expiration date is way ahead in time too. The only reason I didn't give it 5 Stars is because it could have been packed nicely and it came damaged. Quick Shipping though.