Raise your hand if you had a jar of coconut oil in your pantry ten years ago.
Now raise your hand if you have a jar of coconut oil in your pantry today. (Ooh! Me!)
I think it’s safe to say that the times are a-changin’ with cooking oils, and the one I receive the most emails about is the oh-so-popular coconut oil. Everyone (i.e. Pinterest) seems to be obsessed with coconut oil right now! Everywhere I turn people are using coconut oil for cooking, baking, skincare, dental care, and all of the other 100+ supposed uses for coconut oil. And even more uses seem to be to popping up daily. So much coconut oil!!
I’m no expert on the topic — especially involving any uses beyond the kitchen — but I do know that coconut oil has become a staple in my cooking these past few years. I have really enjoyed learning how to substitute it into some of my older recipes, and cook up with some new recipes on the blog to share with you. To be sure, there are many ways you can use this high-heat, mildly-flavored, solid-below-72-degrees, high-smoke-point, vegan, and gluten-free oil with recipes. Mostly, I use it to stir-fry or roast things, since coconut oil is safe for high-heat cooking. But I’m also a big fan of baking, frothing, krispie-ing, melting, and even popping with coconut oil.
(What? Those aren’t all words?)
Well, you’d better scroll on down and check out this roundup of 15 coconut oil recipes from food bloggers to see what I mean. ;)
Enjoy!
3-Ingredients Coconut Oil Biscuits | Gimme Some Oven (vegan)
Coconut Latte | Heather’s French Press
Homemade Coconut Oil Honey Almond Granola | Lovely Little Kitchen
Coconut Waffles (with Pomegranate Syrup) | FoodieCrush
Basic French Toast | Naturally Ella
Coconut Almond Muffins | Lauren’s Latest
Vegan Banana Nut Scones | Cookie & Kate
Pumpkin Coconut Flour Pancakes | All Day I Dream About Food
The BEST Butter-Free Popcorn (Nooch Popcorn) | Gimme Some Oven
Easy Kettle Corn | Two Peas & Their Pod
Coconut Oil Rice Krispie Treats | Gimme Some Oven
Soft and Puffy Peanut Butter Coconut Oil Cookies | Averie Cooks
Coconut Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies | Gimme Some Oven
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Coconut Oil Cookies | Sweet Treats & More
Homemade Magic Shell | Gimme Some Oven
i have been dreaming of those biscuits – i will surely make it soon.
I’ve been looking for more recipes using coconut oil lately, so I definitely needed this list. Pinned!
Such a great list! I need to make all of these.
Thanks for linking up my Soft and Puffy Peanut Butter Coconut Oil Cookies. I love baking with coconut oil and basically hardly even use any other oils anymore! Pinned! :)
Ali, thank you for putting this list together! I’ve already made Lauren’s muffins and your magic shell and was so pleased with both of them. Every single recipe looks delicious and I’m eager to try more of them!
I don’t have Coconut oil in my pantry, but it’s definitely going to be in my next grocerie list for sure ! All of these recipes looks delish !
– C x
So many great ideas here. Thanks for including my granola recipe!
Love them all!
This is a terrific round up with so many great recipes. I’ve only used coconut oil for frying. It looks like I’ve been missing out on so many other possibilities!
Great list! I need to try it on popcorn, stat.