No Margarine! Can I use butter instead?

I'm making a cinnamon roll and the recipe calls for margarine. I have a spread and unsalted butter at home. The spread is 65% vegetable oils. According to http://www.landolakes.com/blog/is-it-a-butter-margarine-or-spread-they-are-not-created-equ, it seems like spreads are not reliable. Should I use my unsalted butter instead?

I would use the unsalted butter and make sure it is soft but not melted. That should work fine.

The recipe calls for melted margarine. Why not use melted butter?

calls for pouring hot water or milk onto the sugar, salt and fats to melt and mix them. Letting that cool, adding the eggs and then kneading that into the dough, after the proofed yeast has been added to the dough. But if you are going to make a Tangzhong and / or autolyze, you can't do it that way. You are using the moisture in the autolyze, only using the flour and leaving out the remainder of the ingredients until later.

What type of yeast are you using? If active dry yeast, you have to proof that in some liquid (1/4 cup) before adding it to the autolyzed dough and kneading it in.

I would then knead in the cooled melted butter, salt and sugar and eggs.

You can use butter or margarine, they are interchangeable. I wouldn't use whipped butter or margarine, they have added water (and sometimes gelatin). Salted or unsalted butter or margarine is up to you, it only makes a difference in taste, not texture.

If that is the case you can certainly melt the butter. I didn't know your recipe called for melted margarine or I didn't pay attention....

I always use Butter, even if the recipes calls for margarine, it is a better taste in my humble opinion.

I do not like to melt butter, I rather have a soft butter and mix it in.

I would never, ever use margarine! Use butter.

I've always disliked butter or margarine. But of the two stick to butter. Far better than margarine in every way. Can't comment on taste but healthwise, more natural etc. It's a myth that butter is bad for you. Used properly it can be included as part of a varied diet. I think it's a better ingredient.

has stated. We don't really know for sure. Fifteen years ago we would have said the opposite from studies of the day. Who knows what we will be saying fifteen years from now. Many contradicting studies. What should you believe?

Ludington Daily News - Jun 25, 2001 - "Margarine Shown To Be More Healthy Than Butter"

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_zJQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nFUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3011%2C10017483

The Free Lance-Star - Nov 21, 1997 - "Researchers say stuff used in margarine is worse than butter as artery-clogger"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PewyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UwgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6067%2C4298164

The Times-News - Jul 28, 1973 - "Margarine Is Lower, Butter Higher in Saturates"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o6BPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ySQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3429%2C2675049

Toledo Blade - Jan 30, 1995 - "New Questions Raised Over Health Benefits Of Margarine"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dGcxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5804%2C9046451

New Straits Times - Feb 10, 1995 - "Vindication for Margarine"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OnBhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6273%2C3137905

Reading Eagle - Nov 16, 1995 - "Finns's - Margarine cuts cholesterol"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_SsiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cKYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1126%2C188106

The Item - Oct 28, 2002 - "Research Shows Margarine Is the Better Choice for the Entire Family"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TGRhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Na8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6435%2C7177901

Thanks for the links. Should be good to look into. But my question doesn't have anything to do with health. I'm wondering about the substitution and the possible effects on the dough.

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Mom, Dad, and I call margarine "axel grease." Go with butter. Unsalted even better!

You get a higher rise with butter so be careful not to overproof. Raise the dough too high, it gets a crumb that can't be cut and tears instead. Doesn't really matter with cinn rolls, can be a blessing. But if making a spiral loaf, and you want to cut slices, careful not to overproof.