When I think of coconut oil, baking is not the first thing that comes to mind. My parents are from India, so my memories of the stuff are the blue bottles of Parachute coconut oil at my Grandmother’s house in Calcutta. She would rub it into my hair at night when I was a kid, and then I’d wash it out in the morning. I thought it was kind of weird, but I just went with it.
Now coconut oil is a thing here in the US. People use it for everything these days- face wash, furniture polish, deodorant, cooking, and even mixing it into peanut butter. Have you ever tried coconut peanut butter
The original vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe I used uses canola oil, and while it is delicious, I subbed melted coconut oil and coconut peanut butter. You can also use regular peanut butter in place of the coconut peanut butter. Fact: adding peanut butter to anything enhances the deliciousness.
