Buttermilk - have to thick and smooth, (if you buy from the store or if you make this at home). But if you don't like to add buttermilk in this recipe, this substitute will work just as well. To make this recipe, and looks like buttermilk, use whole milk or take 2% any kind of milk and add few tablespoons of the whole cream in it. Mix together and you will see the same as buttermilk. That process will be so easy and prepare the bread easy way that you want.