Substitute for Vegetable Oil?

[castleview]

I'm making brownies and I'm out of vegetable oil! Is there something I could sub? I have peanut oil, sesame oil, and olive oil. And lots of eggs. Help me if you can.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Of those options, your best bet is peanut oil. Sesame and olive would have too strong of a taste and wouldn't go well with brownies. Peanut oil would probably be ok, though.

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

That is so funny that you ask this question because my daughter wanted to make muffins this morning. We have about 1 TBSP of vegetable oil left, but the recipe called for 2. I winged it and put in a bit of water since it wasn't so much. I had thought that you could use apple sauce. I would have tried that if i had some. Definatley don't use olive oil. I have used that on my baked goodies and it tasted horrible. Sorry i don't have a solid answer for you, but i did think it was weird that i was having the same problem this morning.

 

[Beth76]

Applesauce is a great low-fat substitute for oil! If you don't have that, I would go with the peanut oil. Absolutely do not use sesame oil--very strong. Olive oil *might* work if it's "light tasting".

 

[Southern4sure]

You could use melted butter

 

[tw1nsmom]

I would go with the peanut oil or applesauce if you have it. I have used olive oil in baked goods before, but only the ultra, ultra light. You could taste a difference, but not identifiable or too obvious. I also wonder if melted butter would be an okay substitute for the oil.

 

[aladdinsgirl]

I've read that you can use olive oil, just half the amount and use water for the other half. I've personally never tried this before, so I don't know if it works. Do you have canola oil? That will work even better.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Any recipe that I have that calls for vegetable oil, I replace it with applesauce. I've been told that whatever I baked is moister and very yummy! Use Applesauce!

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Any recipe that I have that calls for vegetable oil, I replace it with applesauce. I've been told that whatever I baked is moister and very yummy! Use Applesauce!

Can you use any type of applesauce or does it have to be the natural applesauce? I'm always looking for ways to cut calories!! By the way, congrats on your weight lose, that is awesome!

 

[disneysteve]

I'm making brownies and I'm out of vegetable oil! Is there something I could sub? I have peanut oil, sesame oil, and olive oil. And lots of eggs. Help me if you can.

I use applesauce when baking in place of oil. Makes everything much lower fat.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Can you use any type of applesauce or does it have to be the natural applesauce? I'm always looking for ways to cut calories!! By the way, congrats on your weight lose, that is awesome!

I wouldn't advice using applesauce with cinnamon (unless you want the cinnamon taste), but otherwise, any applesauce works.

 

[disneysteve]

I wouldn't advice using applesauce with cinnamon (unless you want the cinnamon taste), but otherwise, any applesauce works.

Although if you use sweetened applesauce (a product I've never understood the need for), you could cut back a bit on the sugar.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Can you use any type of applesauce or does it have to be the natural applesauce? I'm always looking for ways to cut calories!! By the way, congrats on your weight lose, that is awesome!

Hi! Since a few here have already answered about the applesauce the way I would have, I will comment on your compliment!

THANK YOU!!

 

[bekkiz]

A quick tip re: applesauce, esp. for brownies, drain the applesauce for like 5-10 minutes, then the brownies won't be cake like--you get closer to the fudgy-goodness of a real brownie. I like to drain it just to get rid of some of the moisture in any baked good