Substituting Tofutti Sour Supreme for Vegan Vanilla Yogurt?

[dragonbat2006]

The health food store near me ran out of vegan vanilla yogurt and I'm hoping that with a little tweaking, I can use vegan sour cream instead. The recipe is for Cherry Clafoutis

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[br0ken_dolly]

I never buy yogurt, so when a recipe calls for it, i basically turn regular milk into buttermilk, by adding a tablespoon of lemon juice (or ACV in a pinch) to a cup of milk. since this calls for vanilla yogurt, i'd use vanilla milk or just plain but add a bit more vanilla and sugar to the overall recipe. I'd also use any milk but rice milk, because rice milk tends to be so thin.

yogurt tends to have some kind of thickener, like xanthan gum, so an option might be to add a tablespoon of cornstarch (or some other kind of starch or thickener, like ground chia, flax, or psillium husk), but i've never bothered.

good luck! i think this recipe would do fine with milk and a little acid to thicken it up as a substitute.

[xxamyrae]

When I was an omni I always swapped sour cream for yogurt and vice versa without adjusting the measurements. If you know the consistency that the batter is supposed to be, I'd use 1 cup of the sour supreme, mix the batter and then just add additional liquid as you see fit to get the batter to the right consistency. As for the flavor, my guess is the yogurt adds more sweetness than vanilla flavor so if you want more sweetness I'd add a touch more sugar or maple syrup, but if your cherries are nice and sweet and you don't care that the batter is too sweet I'd probably just leave it.

[briasoleil]

I use vegan sour cream all the time instead of soy yogurt. I might add a little almond/rice/soy milk to the sour cream - up to a tablespoon at most for 1 cup - to thin it out a bit.

I made the pistachio cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes... using this method and had no issues.

[rokeon]

I have nothing to contribute on the substitution front, but any chance you could share the other details of this delicious-sounding recipe?

[dragonbat2006]

Absolutely! It's from 1,000 Vegan Recipes and the other ingredients are 2.5 c pitted cherries and 2 tsp confectioners' sugar.

Preheat oven to 375
Grease a 10" quiche dish or pie plate. (As I have just discovered, use one with high sides or maybe go bigger! If it's full to the top, it will overflow. Mine's fine; I stuck a cookie sheet under it in case it dripped... and it did.)

Put the cherries in the bottom of the pan. Mix the batter ingredients, except flour and baking powder and beat until smooth. Beat in flour and baking powder and mix until combined. Do not overmix.

Pour batter over cherries and bake 40-45 minutes,until set. It says to cool on a wire rack. I don't own one, so I didn't. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm.

Oh... and that batter that dripped into the cookie sheet? I tasted it and it was delicious! So, the vanilla soymilk with apple cider vinegar subbing for yogurt definitely works!

[rokeon]

Thank you!