Buttermilk substitute

[yemenmocha]

Ok all, my biggest weakness since becoming a vegan is Hardee's buttermilk biscuits. I've tried vegan recipes over the net but they just don't get results anywhere near the Hardee's biscuits I used to eat.

I've found some mock recipes on the net for Hardee's and they all include buttermilk or mayonaise. What can I do to substitute for these?

Also, which soy or rice milks are the most flavorless? I need something that doesn't have a residual beany or vanilla flavor in these biscuits.

And does anyone here like biscuits and gravy? (white sausage gravy). I use gimme lean or Yves for the sausage (which are great) but I still can't find a good imitation flour/water/oil/soymilk recipe for the liquid part of the gravy.

Any help would be appreciated.

Aaron

[Robin]

What I've done for buttermilk in muffin and pancake recipes is to add 1 tsp. of vinegar per 1c of soymilk. Worked great!

As for a "non-beany" flavor soymilk, I really don't know. I started drinking Silk a couple months before I became vegan and have been drinking it ever since. I personally don't think it's "beany" but I don't really know what else to compare it to! I have used it in baked goods and nonvegans haven't been able to tell a difference, so I think it should work fine for your biscuits.

[butterbean]

My DH really missed his sausage biscuits and gravy! We use the Gimme Lean sausage and to make the gravy part this is what I do...

I take a couple Tablespoons of Earth Blance, melt in a saucepan. Stir in an equal amount of nonbleached flour. Slowly whisk in original flavor soy milk. I usually start with 1 cup, but add it in slowly while whisking constantly. I usually keep the heat at about medium. I add salt/pepper to taste, add the browned Gime Lean sausage and scoop it over biscuits.

We like the biscuits in the How it All Vegan cookbook.

[Orcadia]

Robin, you said "What I've done for buttermilk in muffin and pancake recipes is to add 1 tsp. of vinegar per 1c of soymilk. "

Could you please tell me how much 1c of soymilk is? Is it an American measure (I'm in Scotland)?
Thanks

[Blinky]

Orcadia, 1c is a short hand way of saying 1 cup which is 8 0z. I hope that helps.

[Orcadia]

Many thanks, roxanneredd, off to try out a new recipe now.