Help: How Do I Get Coconut Oil To Work In My Baking?

[janelyb]

Ok so far I have no had luck with it when I am attempting to make some

form of roll out dough. I can't even get it to form a dough ball it is

just all crumbley. What am I doing wrong?

Or is there another fat/oil I can use that also has no soy or soy oils?

But is still Gluten-free Casein-free too.

I can get things to work with earth balance but my son seems to react to the soybean oils used in it. So I need a soy free, casein free, gluten free butter/fat/oil sub....

[jerseyangel]

Janel,

I don't have any experience with coconut oil since I'm intolerant to coconut.

I use Spectrum Organic Shortening--it works great in baking. I use it for pie crusts and rolled sugar cookies, and they roll out fine.

It's 100% palm oil, non-hydrogenated.

[Ursa Major]

I just use good old lard for anything like that (make sure it is non-hydrogenated). Despite the negative press, it is NOT bad for you, unless you eat it in excess (which even goes for water, anything is bad for you in excess).

[janelyb]

Janel,

I don't have any experience with coconut oil since I'm intolerant to coconut.

I use Spectrum Organic Shortening--it works great in baking. I use it for pie crusts and rolled sugar cookies, and they roll out fine.

It's 100% palm oil, non-hydrogenated.

Any chance if you know if this is something Whole Foods carries? I saw that stuff just yesterday on a online allergy ordering site but I'd rather get it now than wait to order it.

[jerseyangel]

Any chance if you know if this is something Whole Foods carries? I saw that stuff just yesterday on a online allergy ordering site but I'd rather get it now than wait to order it.

Yes--I get it either at Whole Foods, or at Wegman's (a grocery chain in the northeast).

[Offthegrid]

Here is my gluten-free, casein-free, soy-free pie crust recipe. It is actually really good! It tastes just like a "real" pie crust. The recipe makes two crusts.

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I've yet to make a soy-free cookie, though. I tried making peanut butter cookies with natural peanut butter and coconut oil and the result was, well, interesting. I had to add flour because the first attempt they came out filled with air. The second attempt, using flour, came out even more interesting. I think the ratio of oil to peanut butter was off. More peanut butter, less oil, me thinks.

[JNBunnie1]

Here is my gluten-free, casein-free, soy-free pie crust recipe. It is actually really good! It tastes just like a "real" pie crust. The recipe makes two crusts.

Open Original Shared Link

I've yet to make a soy-free cookie, though. I tried making peanut butter cookies with natural peanut butter and coconut oil and the result was, well, interesting. I had to add flour because the first attempt they came out filled with air. The second attempt, using flour, came out even more interesting. I think the ratio of oil to peanut butter was off. More peanut butter, less oil, me thinks.

Try the flourless recipe

1 egg

1 cup PB

1 cup sugar

bake little ones for ten minutes. I'm gonna try them with honey instead of sugar sometime soon, see what happens.