What can be used instead of canola oil in baking?!
What can be used instead of canola oil in baking?
Answers:
Extra-light-olive oil. healthy and doesn't taste like olive oil. I use it any time I would normally use Crisco. I use Bertolli brand.
P.S. Read the back of the 3 kinds of Bertolli olive oils and it tells you what they are best use in/how. I use all 3.
vegetable oil, corn oil, or soybean oil
flax seed
As others answered, any light oil--- soy etc. For things like pizza crust etc you can use olive, but remember it has its own flavor and is pretty heavy for other things.
Just wanted to suggest: please watch the documentary "THE FUTURE OF FOOD"
It is about genetically altered foods-- especially corn, soy, and canola. You'll probably want to try to eat only organically grown, no-GMO oils and food which contain these.
Also, ALWAYS avoid cottonseed oil. It is not grown as a food crop, so is sprayed with horrible things banned from food. Since the oil is a "by-product" they can get around the regulations (lax as they are for food, even!)
Know you didn't ask all that--- but I hope it helps!
Good luck---Be healthy!
I use plain apple sauce instead of oil. Only use flavored apple sauce if the flavoring will enhance what you are baking.
It adds moisture without adding fat.
(I make a chocolate chocolate chip cake using apple sauce and nobody can tell.)
Saflower or corn are both good but do impart their own flavors just ast Olive does. Your choice. I would taste each oil and be sure that was the flavor I wanted in the recipe.
omg theres all kinds...veggie oil sunflower oil and beleive it or not olive oil it works so good my cakes come out so moist ....its great!
I use Coconut Oil & Grapeseed Oil. Both have almost no flavor. Neither will cause an imbalance of your omegas.