Coconut Milk In Baking

[gilligan 17]

When a recipe for baking calls for coconut milk, does it mean in the can or box?  I'm so confused. 

[StephanieL 74]

Where is the recipe?  Usually it's canned and it'll ask for full fat or light, sometimes refrigerated if making a whipped topping with the fat off the top of the can.

[gilligan 17]

I've looked at several recipes for cookies, pie, and cake lately, and they say is coconut milk.  

[StephanieL 74]

It's really going to depend on the recipe. Usually when its the boxed kind (not in a can) I have seen recipes call for "coconut beverage".  Without seeing the recipes though it's tough to call.  We've been dairy free because of life threatening allergies for 8 years here so I've seen both used.

[nvsmom 334]

If it is a milk substitute then you know it is the coconut beverage.  Recipes rarely call for coconut milk from a can unless it is the cream they are after.

 

Either one will work.