I Can't Believe It's Not Butterbeer is not a thing

May 30, 2018 1:51 PM

I have leftover margarine. What should I do with it?

Apart from "use it instead of butter," I mean. Recipes, crafts and incantations all welcome.

posted by chesty_a_arthur to Food & Drink (10 answers total)

It supposedly works really well to get adhesive residue off of things!
posted by elsietheeel at 1:59 PM on May 30, 2018

Margarine is perfect for cookies; the shortening texture keeps them from being dense, but you still get some of the flavor of butter. Extra batches of toll house or sugar cookies will keep fine in the freezer.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 2:05 PM on May 30, 2018 [3 favorites]

while I would much prefer to use butter in all cases, I have made many batches of matzoh crack using margarine when I was feeding folks who kept kosher at a non-dairy meal.
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 2:07 PM on May 30, 2018

Great for the outside of grilled cheese sandwiches. :)
posted by rainbowbrite at 2:21 PM on May 30, 2018 [3 favorites]

i mean, it doesn't go bad, so presumably you can keep it until such time as you require its services again, like a daemon you've successfully bound
posted by halation at 2:26 PM on May 30, 2018 [17 favorites]

Use it as an oil substitute for anything where margarine flavor won't, in your opinion, ruin it.
posted by aniola at 2:57 PM on May 30, 2018 [1 favorite]

my grandma was poor so her chocolate cake recipe actually called for margarine and it was freaking amazing. I will send it to you if you want. but it was European style, not American.
posted by fingersandtoes at 4:12 PM on May 30, 2018 [4 favorites]

It freezes well.
posted by theora55 at 4:44 PM on May 30, 2018

Sweetapolita's cinnamon bun recipe uses a fair whack of margarine in all 3 components.
posted by BeeJiddy at 6:19 PM on May 30, 2018

Margarine has a higher smoke point than butter, you can use it for sauteing vegetables, it also has less moisture so it does tend to work better for nice crisp grilled sandwiches.
posted by kzin602 at 8:47 AM on May 31, 2018