Can I sub sour cream with yogurt?

[Chopstix]

My recipe for cinnamon rolls calls for 1/3 cup sour cream. Along with stuff like yeast, flour, egg yolks, 1 tsp vinegar, melted butter, etc.

Can I sub the sour cream with Greek yogurt?

I hope someone out there knows better and will be kind enough to warn me to avert some chemical disaster in my kitchen when I do try this one of these days...

I make my own Greek yogurt now so I have plenty to go around. It will also save me time and money not having to go out to buy sour cream. But then again I might have to throw out my entire baked batch if they turn into something other than cinnamon rolls!

Thanks and I hope someone can help!

 

[mollyanne]

Good question, Chopstix! I sub Greek yogurt for sourcream all the time but never in a baking scenario. It sure works great in other scenarios. I'll be watching this thread as I'm curious too.

 

[msmofet]

I think sour cream and yogurt can be interchanged. People use yogurt as a low cal sub for sour cream all the time. A googling I will go!! LOL

 

[DaveSoMD]

Well it depends. Sometimes it is used for its fat content and moisture/creamyness, sometimes it is used for the tangy taste, other times to balance out other flavors/ingredients. There are differences between the two that can effect the recipe.

 

[ChefJune]

I use yogurt for sour cream in baking all the time. If the yogurt is full fat, there will only be a slight difference in the "tang" of the sour cream taste. If the yogurt is reduced fat, it still should make little to no difference in the finished product.

Almost everyone I know subs yogurt for sour cream in baking, with great success.

 

[merstar]

I use yogurt for sour cream in baking all the time. If the yogurt is full fat, there will only be a slight difference in the "tang" of the sour cream taste. If the yogurt is reduced fat, it still should make little to no difference in the finished product.

Almost everyone I know subs yogurt for sour cream in baking, with great success.

Ditto.

 

[Chopstix]

Thanks so much to all who replied! I love ChefJune's answer!