I have used coconut oil as a substitute for shortening when baking. You can substitute one for one, and the resulting baked goods are equivalent in texture and tastier and certainly healthier with the coconut oil, which is natural and has no trans-fat. Penny
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:49 AM, Malaina VanderWal <mintjulepprinc...@iserv.net> wrote: > Hi my name is Malaina. I just joined the list about a week ago and I have > been going back and listening to episodes of Cooking in the Dark. I was just > interested if anyone has cooked with coconut oil in place of other oils such > as vegetable or olive. I have read a lot on coconut oil but I haven't cooked > really with it. I have used it in place of butter on english muffins with a > peanut butter. It is really good that way. I have also used it on my > popcorn in place of butter. When I don't burn the popcorn it tastes like > what you get at the movies. > > Malaina > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
