Haha so you were able to pick up on my subtle hints? 😂 So, this recipe is actually vegan butter free. And typically we've steered clear of vegan butter because the ingredients were so awful! Here recently though, my parents brought us some Country Crock makes (which feels so wrong so I understand what you mean!) And it's not as full of rotten things and it's delicious! So on occasion now, if a recipe absolutely needs it like croissants or buttercream icing, then that's what we use.