Can I substitute margarine for butter in an apple pie recipe?
I was wondering if substituting margarine for butter in an apple pie recipe would change the overall taste in any way. I’m making an apple pie for vegetarians and need to replace the butter with something else. Any suggestions or advice appreciated. Thanks in advance. Margarine can be substituted for butter in most any recipe (margarine, not spreads!). In a pie you are looking for taste more so than the fat, so this would be acceptable. You should nto notice any taste difference at all. In the future, when you are baking and you might want to exchange margarine for butter, make sure you use a real margarine. In 1992 most all manufacturers began to replace some of the fat in margarine with water and created spreads. Margarine by law must have 80% fat just like butter. Spreads, on the other hand, have 42%-70% fat, depending on the brand. This makes a huge difference in quality of baking ability between the spreads. I only use Land O’ Lakes Margarine (LOL) when I use margarine to bake wit
