Adding shea butter or cocoa butter might help, as these have a higher melting
point than coconut oil.
Cocoa butter has a higher melting
point than coconut oil, so I hoped that would stop them from melting too much.
Not exact matches
It also has a higher smoke
point (400 °F), which allows it to be used at higher heat
than virgin
coconut oil.
I do know that the melting
point for
coconut oil is lower
than butter...
Virgin
coconut oil has a slightly higher smoke
point than virgin olive
oil, which makes it more suitable for high heat cooking.
The benefit of refined
coconut oil is that it has a higher smoke
point than virgin
coconut oil.
I know it will not be easy to swallow that I consider having recourse to refined SHEA BUTTER but here are some reasons: 1)
coconut oil is costly and my aim is not only to avoid using unethically sourced products, but also to reduce the cost of food; 2)
coconut oil has a very low melting
point, even lower
than spreadable butter, and even in its solid state it is quite soft, so I am afraid this vegan butter will not be fit for making puff pastry; 3) for all I know, and I know little, so I am not completely sure of this,
coconut oil has a better nutrient profile
than shea butter and is less harmful (one may infer it from the resemblance between shea butter and palm
oil).
However,
coconut oil actually has the lower smoke
point than EVOO — 347 °F (175 °C) versus 383 °F (195 °C).
In the smoke
point values presented above at the beginning of this section, we suspect that the
coconut oil and EVOO were less refined
than the safflower
oil and canola
oil, such that the much higher smoke
points of the safflower
oil and canola
oil were not due to the plants from which these oils were obtained, but to the way that they were processed.
Carrington's Liquid
Coconut Cooking
Oil is even useful for frying since it has a higher heat
point than traditional olive oils.
Coconut oil has a higher smoke
point than most other oils and doesn't wreck havoc in your body like other oils used in cooking can after cooking.
It has lower MCT content
than coconut oil, but has a higher smoke
point.
CORRECTION: An earlier version stated incorrectly that
coconut oil has a higher smoking
point than other oils.
Why it's also a fantastic cooking ingredient: «If there is a dish that you would like to cook with a small amount of
oil,
coconut oil is a great choice because it has a lower smoke
point than other oils.
Coconut oil has a lower melting
point than butter or margarine, however, so I use less of it and carefully, as it tends to make cookies runny.
Coconut oil has a higher smoke
point than traditional cooking oils, meaning the healthy fats stay intact when heated.
As a saturated fat,
coconut oil has a high smoke
point, so it's healthier to use in cooking / baking
than vegetable oils, which easily break down into disease - causing free radicals when heated.