How To Make Dairy Free Sour Cream – 3 Ways

If you’re avoiding dairy for any reason, whether you’ve got an allergy or are vegan, you’ll want a sour cream substitute. Sour cream is used as an ingredient in so many recipes and as a garnish on so many foods. We have recipes to teach you how to make dairy free sour cream three ways.

Some homemade dairy free sour cream recipes are best for baking, some best for creams and sauces and some best as a topping. Read the recipe cards to see which we recommend for each type of cooking.

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Ingredients

Common ingredients for dairy free sour cream recipes include:

• Vinegar: We prefer to use apple cider vinegar in our cashew sour cream.
• Fat: You could use a variety of things as the fat. Our recipes include cashews, non-dairy yogurt, or full fat coconut cream.
• Lemon/Lime: You can use lemon in any of these recipes. We like to use our cashew sour cream as a topping and love the way lime adds to the flavor.
• Salt: Salt is an important ingredient.

Ways to Use Dairy Free Sour Cream

Some of our favorite ways to use one of our sour cream recipes:

• Pineapple Upside Down Mini Cakes: These are an easy, sweet dessert everyone loves.
• Vegetarian Tacos: Here are some of our favorite vegetarian taco recipes.
• Crock Pot Taco Soup: Use as a dairy free garnish in this taco soup.
• Cabbage Wrapped Fish Tacos: Use a dollop on these fish tacos.
• Dill Dip: Perfect sour cream dill dip for veggies!
• Cranberry Jello Salad: Great way to make this dessert vegan.
• Pumpkin Apple Muffins: Baking these muffins with sour cream makes them more moist.
• Gingerbread Cupcakes: Make these delicious cupcakes vegan by using our sour cream.