Substitute Vegetable shortening for Coconut oil
What coconut oil does in a recipe: Plant fat that's solid below 76°F: creams like butter in vegan baking, and the virgin kind perfumes everything with coconut.
Vegetable shortening
per 1 cup coconut oil
US1 cup shortening, cubed cold
Metric185 g
Pantry stapleBaking-safe ✓VeganDairy-freeGluten-freeEgg-freeNut-freeSoy-freeAlcohol-free
Solid at room temperature with even less water than coconut oil.
What changes: Very tender but flavorless; cookies spread more
Best for: Pie crust, vegan shortbread
Where Coconut oil is the substitute: substitute Coconut oil for Butter
More options: all 3 Coconut oil substitutes
Common questions
- What is the ratio for substituting Vegetable shortening for Coconut oil?
- per 1 cup coconut oil — US: 1 cup shortening, cubed cold. Metric: 185 g.
- Why does Vegetable shortening work as a Coconut oil substitute?
- Solid at room temperature with even less water than coconut oil.
- What changes when you use Vegetable shortening instead of Coconut oil?
- Very tender but flavorless; cookies spread more
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