Coconut Oil in Baking ?
#1
Well after having read the post on dementia on the board I have decided to start using coconut oil in my cooking and baking. Just wondering if I will notice a difference in baked goods and if I just substitute portion for portion in my old recipes. Any of you use coconut oil rather than margarine, butter, or shortening? Any favorite recipes that you use? Ann in TN
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For anyone interested in the original topic it can be found here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-157793-1.htm
Ann
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-157793-1.htm
Ann
#5
my mom uses coconut oil instead of butter on her bread she gets the organic stuff its better for you. most poeple who are using it to help with dementia and memory loss are using it raw not in baking but im sure it would work in baking as well. it would act very similar to butter in a recipe. good for you for trying it my grandfather is taking it and it has helped him.
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I use coconut oil whenever I'd use a fat for sauteeing. I have cut out most sugar, so don't really use it for baking. I use olive oil if I make a bread.
I'd think you'd just have to remember coconut oil is 100 percent oil, and butter is oil (butterfat) and a percentage of water. Generic butter has a higher water concentration, that's why it's cheaper.
Perhaps you could reduce the "oil" by 1/3rd and then add in applesauce, yogurt, milk, something for the lost 1/3rd?
I'd think you'd just have to remember coconut oil is 100 percent oil, and butter is oil (butterfat) and a percentage of water. Generic butter has a higher water concentration, that's why it's cheaper.
Perhaps you could reduce the "oil" by 1/3rd and then add in applesauce, yogurt, milk, something for the lost 1/3rd?
#8
Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Perhaps you could reduce the "oil" by 1/3rd and then add in applesauce, yogurt, milk, something for the lost 1/3rd?
#9
I use coconut oil. It tastes very good in some dishes (chicken, baking pumpkins, sweet dishes.) I have a friend who uses only coconut oil in place of olive oil and she has been doing this for years. She uses it because she likes the flavor not for health reasons.
Coconut oil is good in smoothies too, if you like smoothies. It is good in all flavor smoothies but excellent with pineapple and/or banana.
Coconut oil is good in smoothies too, if you like smoothies. It is good in all flavor smoothies but excellent with pineapple and/or banana.
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Originally Posted by ncredbird
Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Perhaps you could reduce the "oil" by 1/3rd and then add in applesauce, yogurt, milk, something for the lost 1/3rd?
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