12 Sweet and Salty Ideas for Cooking with Coconut Oil
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks
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12 Sweet and Salty Ways to Use Coconut Oil

From a magic chocolate shell to roasted vegetables that taste like the tropics, we're going cuckoo over this trendy ingredient.
  • A bowl of yogurt and salted coconut granola.
    Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks
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    Salted Coconut Granola

    Coconut oil is pretty swell. At higher temperatures, it is more stable than olive oil or butter, and it melts very easily, which works as an advantage in this granola recipe. Instead of butter, melt some coconut oil and use it as a binder in this simple granola. Sprinkle some of the finished product on top of your morning yogurt (bonus points if that happens to be coconut yogurt).

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Michelle Gatton
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    Chocolate-Dipped Ice Cream Cones With Peanuts

    If you're new to coconut oil, there's one thing you should know: it doesn't have to be refrigerated. After refrigeration, coconut oil turns rock hard, which works incredibly well in chilled applications like this magic chocolate shell. Combine the chocolate and coconut oil before chilling and get ready to make some magic.

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    Coconut-Clam Stock

    Use coconut oil as the foundation to this beautiful clam stock. Use the broth in soups, Thai-style curries, or as a cooking liquid for noodles.

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  • Aran Goyoaga
    7/12

    Coconut Doughnuts

    Want to take coconut oil to every nook and cranny? This super moist cake doughnut uses coconut oil in the batter, saturating every bite with coconut sweetness.

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  • Photo by Ditte Isager
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    Chocolate-Coconut Pound Cake

    This is the pound cake you're waiting for. It's tender from buttermilk, crispy with coconut flakes, and chocoholic approved. And it smells amazing, thanks to coconut oil.

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  • Photo by Peden & Munk
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    Roasted Veg With Nutritional Yeast

    Skip the olive oil and use coconut oil to roast these vegetables and give them a flavor that's vaguely tropical. For a finishing touch with savory style, add a few shakes of nutritional yeast. It'll give the vegetables a Parmesan-like finish.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell
    10/12

    Chilled Coconut Corn Soup

    Sometimes, you don't want your soup to put you to sleep. That's when this bright and cheery soup comes handy. Once you have the ingredients blended together, let the soup's flavors merge and rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours, then you're ready to cheer up.

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  • Evi Abeler
    11/12

    Dark Chocolate Avocado Brownies

    Chocolate and avocado brownies, sure. Egg-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free. Sounds impossible, but these moist and crumbly chocolate squares are a gem. You won't find any weird stabilizers here—just some cooking chemistry that makes this miracle seem possible.

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