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    Home » Dressings & Sauces

    Homemade Margarine

    Published: Jan 28, 2021 · by Nico

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    Our homemade margarine is made with simple ingredients, it's 100% vegan, and it can be whipped up with a hand blender in about 5 minutes.

    It's perfect to make cakes, cookies, and crunchy preparations, and it can also be used as a spread on bread and toast. See how we use it in our vegan cannoli or in our vegan angel wings (Italian Chiacchiere).

    vegan margarine spread
    On this page:
    • Ingredients & Substitutions
    • Equipment
    • Tips
    • Storage
    • Questions & Answers
    • Where can I use my vegan margarine?
    • Recipe

    Ingredients & Substitutions

    • Sunflower oil: we like to use sunflower oil because it has a light flavor and it is easy to find. You can replace it with any vegetable oil of your liking. Keep in mind that if you use coconut oil your margarine will be harder, more like a vegan butter.
    • Soy milk: perfect thanks to its emulsifying properties. I would not replace it with any other plant milk for this recipe.
    • Lemon juice: helps both the flavor and the emulsion. No seeds.
    • Salt: to make it taste better. Just a pinch.

    Equipment

    You'll need an immersion blender and a tall and narrow container that can fit the blender.

    Tips

    • Milk at room temperature. In my experience, this margarine thickens best if the ingredients are at the same temperature.
    • Start with the milk. You need to always start with the milk and lemon in a container before adding the oil. The other way around won't work.
    • Add the oil very slowly. This is essential when you are trying to make any kind of emulsion - margarine is an emulsion of a liquid and a fat. If you add the oil too fast your margarine won't thicken.
    • Blend in a tall container. For best results, blend your ingredients in a narrow and tall container. This way it's a lot easier for the emulsion to thicken.
    • Move the blender up and down while blending. This movement will help the margarine to form.
    homemade vegan margarine

    Storage

    Store your vegan margarine for up to 5 days in an air-tight container - something like a mason jar - in the refrigerator.

    Questions & Answers

    What is an emulsion?

    An emulsion is when we put together two or more liquids that would otherwise never get together - like oil and plant milk. The same process happens when we make homemade vegan mayo.

    Can I use a different oil?

    Yes. Use whatever oil you like. But we recommend using an oil with a neutral flavor.

    Can I use different milk?

    Soy milk works the best due to its protein content. You can try with another plant milk but I can't guarantee the result. Updates: we've tested with different oat, almond and pea milk, and we have not seen it work. So, we can only recommend soy milk.

    Can I use coconut oil?

    Yes, but your margarine will turn into vegan butter as coconut oil is saturated fat and will solidify when put in the refrigerator.

    Where can I use my vegan margarine?

    • You can use your vegan margarine in preparations that call for margarine or butter. Cakes, cookies, pancakes, and other crunchy preparations.
    • You can also use your vegan margarine as a spread on toasted bread and in sandwiches.
    • We love to use it in our vegan Sicilian cannoli and in our Angel Wings (Italian chiacchiere).
    • Add a creamy element to your pasta, for example in this refreshing lemon pasta.
    Italian Chiacchiere deep fried
    deep fried angel wings
    Vegan cannoli siciliani on a round platter
    cannoli
    oven baked italian chiacchiere
    oven baked chiacchiere

    Recipe

    homemade vegan margarine

    Homemade Margarine

    Author: Nico
    Our homemade margarine is made with simple ingredients, it's 100% vegan, and it can be whipped up with a hand blender in about 5 minutes. It's perfect to make cakes, cookies, and crunchy preparations, and it can also be used a spread on bread and toast. See how we use it in our vegan cannoli siciliani or in our vegan chiacchiere.
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    4.75 from 12 votes
    Prep Time 10 mins
    Total Time 10 mins
    Course Plant-Basics
    Cuisine International, Italian
    Servings 20 servings
    Calories 91 kcal

    Equipment

    • Hand blender

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 1 cup sunflower seed oil
    • ½ cup soy milk
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 1 pinch salt

    Instructions
     

    • In a tall and narrow container (something like a tall mason jar with a wide opening) add the soy milk at room temperature, the lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
      Soy milk, lemon and salt in a tall container
    • With a hand blender, start blending into the soy milk. Then add the oil in a steady stream, very slowly. NOT all at once. Keep blending at all times.
      Blending the liquids while adding oil
    • Drizzle the oil very slowly while blending and while moving the blender up and down into the soy milk.
      Slowly drizzling the oil in the tall container
    • Keep adding the oil, very slowly, until you run out of oil. Blend while moving the blender up and down until you reach a thick, creamy, consistency.
      vegetable margarine is ready
    • Store the margarine in the refrigerator in a glass jar for up to 5 days. Use for cakes, biscuits, cookies, and crispy preparations. You can also use it as a spread on toasted bread.
      homemade vegan margarine consistency

    Nutritional Values

    Nutrition Facts
    Homemade Margarine
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 91 Calories from Fat 90
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 10g15%
    Saturated Fat 1g6%
    Potassium 8mg0%
    Carbohydrates 1g0%
    Dietary Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 1g1%
    Protein 1g2%
    Vitamin A 20IU0%
    Vitamin B6 1mg50%
    Vitamin C 1mg1%
    Vitamin E 4mg27%
    Vitamin K 1µg1%
    Calcium 7mg1%
    Folate 2µg1%
    Iron 1mg6%
    Magnesium 1mg0%
    Zinc 1mg7%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Chloe

      October 10, 2022 at 9:52 pm

      Hi, I had a question regarding your homemade margarine recipe, I was wondering if you can freeze the margarine in order to extend its shelf life?

      Reply
    2. Antony

      October 11, 2021 at 2:28 pm

      5 stars
      I will try it

      Reply
    3. Natalie

      October 08, 2021 at 3:19 pm

      Can this be made with a regular blender?

      Reply
      • Nico

        December 07, 2021 at 7:59 am

        Hi Natalie, yes you should be able to do it but might need to double the quantities depending on your blender size.

        Reply
    4. Juanita Hudson

      July 12, 2021 at 6:56 am

      I will try your recipies thank you!

      Reply
      • Nico

        August 11, 2021 at 1:46 pm

        Thank you Juanita 🙂

        Reply
    5. monika

      January 30, 2021 at 7:01 pm

      A note for anyone thinking this can be made with milk other than soy.
      The answer is NO.

      Reply
      • Nico

        February 02, 2021 at 4:12 pm

        Thanks a lot for the message Monika. Im sure a lot of people are thinking just that 🙂

        Reply

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