- 1). Use coconut oil or palm kernel oil as a substitute oil for recipes that call for vegetable oils like canola, safflower oil or corn oil. You can replace coconut or palm oil for light olive oils that have little flavor. Light olive oil refers to flavor, not calories. Some cooks make cooked salad dressings when using eggs, and MCT oil is a suitable replacement for other oils the recipe specifies.
- 2). Substitute some of the melted butter for popcorn and homemade cereal snacks with the MCT oil.
- 3). Exchange these oils in baked goods that call for melted or liquid oils in recipes like cakes or cookies. Recipes that use solid fat like shortening, lard or butter may not turn out as well when substituting oil because the creaming process of the fat and other ingredients incorporates air, something that liquid oils do not do as well as solid fats.
- 4). Replace the oil you use for deep frying or making popcorn with palm kernel oil. Its smoke point is among the highest of all food-safe cooking oils.
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