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Olive Oil
10.0best for brownies1 cup : 1 cup
Adds slight coconut flavor, good for sauteing
10.0
coconut oil substitute
in brownies.
Coconut-oil leans a brownie toward fudgy with a glossy crackle top — melted at 90°F it whisks fluidly into hot cocoa and sets into a chewy, ribbon-cut center.
top substitutes
adjustment for this dish
Swap Olive Oil 1:1 by volume — already liquid, so warm to 90°F and whisk into the cocoa for the same gloss. Choose a refined fruity bottle, fold in flour with 12 strokes, and bake 24-26 minutes at 350°F for fudgy chewy brownies with a clean crackle top.
02
Almond Oil
10.0best for brownies1 tbsp : 1 tbsp
Refined type is neutral; unrefined adds flavor
10.0
adjustment for this dish
Swap Almond Oil 1:1 by volume; the nutty note doubles as a flavor accent. Warm Almond Oil to 90°F to melt with chocolate, whisk in eggs for the crackle top, fold flour with 12 strokes, and bake 24 minutes at 350°F for a fudgy ribbon-cut center.
03
Palm Oil
7.5best for brownies1 tbsp : 1 tbsp
Solid at room temp, similar texture
7.5
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04
Avocado Oil
6.71 cup : 1 cup
Good for high-heat cooking, neutral taste
6.7
05
Shortening
6.71 cup : 1 cup
Same solid texture, works well in baking
6.7
06
Margarine
6.71 cup : 1 cup
Dairy-free, solid at room temp, slight coconut taste
6.7
07
Grapeseed Oil
6.71 cup : 1 cup
Light flavor, high smoke point, good for baking
6.7
08
Peanut Oil
6.71 cup : 1 cup
Use refined for neutral taste at high heat
6.7
09
Lard
5.01 cup : 1 cup
Solid at room temp, dairy-free option for baking
5.0
10
Butter
6.71 cup : 1 cup
Similar solid-at-room-temp texture, adds richness
6.7
11
Butter Oil
6.71 tbsp : 1 tbsp
High heat stable, slightly sweet
6.7
12
Ghee
6.71 cup : 1 cup
High smoke point, adds nutty richness to baking
6.7
13
Whipped Butter
6.71 cup : 3/4 cup
Whip softened coconut oil; solid at room temp
6.7
14
Vegetable Oil
3.31 cup : 1 cup
Use melted coconut oil amount, neutral flavor
3.3
15
Sunflower Oil
3.31 cup : 1 cup
Neutral flavor, works for frying and sauteing
3.3
technique for brownies
technique
Melt 1/2 cup coconut-oil with 4 ounces dark chocolate over a 165°F water bath, then whisk in 1 cup sugar while warm so the mix glosses to ribbon stage in 90 seconds. Add 2 eggs one at a time, whisking 30 seconds each — that's what builds the crackle top, since the egg proteins denature against the warm fat and rise in a thin shell during bake.
Fold in 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup cocoa, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with 12 strokes only; pour into a parchment-lined 8-inch square pan and bake at 350°F for 24-26 minutes. Pull when the center jiggle is just gone but a wooden pick from 2 inches off-center still has wet ribbon, then cool 30 minutes in the pan so the fudgy chewy interior sets without crossing into cakey.
pitfalls to avoid
watch out
Don't whisk the eggs cold into the coconut-oil mix — the egg proteins won't denature and the crackle top forms patchy instead of glossy across the surface.
watch out
Pull at minute 24-26 when the center jiggle barely sets — past minute 28, the fudgy ribbon turns cakey and the chewy edges go dry on the pan.
watch out
Fold the dry into the wet with 12 strokes, never a power mixer — extra mixing on melted coconut-oil makes the brownies cakey instead of fudgy and the crackle dulls.
watch out
Cool 30 minutes in the pan before lifting parchment — a warm cut tears the fudgy center against the chewy edges instead of releasing a clean square.