Baking emergency - help please!

[seaglass]

I'm making brownies (from a box for my daughter) - I ran out of vegetable oil.

Should I substitute with butter, canola oil (which smells a little funny but that might be natural) or olive oil?

Thank you, thank you for any help!!!

[fluffernutter]

1. canola.

[Megahurtz]

3. I second the motion.

[MarianJack]

14. I always use Canola!

Enjoy!

[trof]

Butter. NOT olive oil.

Butter will make great brownies, olive oil will taste like olive oil.

[Padraig18]

2. veteran baker here--- canola.

:)

[alittlelark]

I always use butter anyway.

[AlCzervik]

4. if the olive oil is not extra vigin i would use that

if not use the canola unless it smells rancid.

[Ilsa]

5. Canola if it isn't so old it's gone rancid. n/t

[Book Lover]

6. No matter what, not the olive oil

If the box says you can, use the butter; otherwise use the canola.

[bread_and_roses]

7. NOT OLIVE

unless you want your brownies to taste like olive oil. i would use 1/2 melted butter, 1/2 canola - unless that "funny" smell is rancidity.

[amazona]

8. butter or canola NEVER olive oil

I do my baking with real butter not vegetable oil but in a pinch canola will do.

Olive oil is not suitable for baking.

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[hickman1937]

9. I'd use butter.

I've never done it, but like Paula Dean, I think everything is better with butter. Call the 800 number on the box.

[seaglass]

10. OK, olive oil is out - and yes it is extra virgin. I've only used

canola oil once and it was a year or so ago - should that tell me it's rancid (it was opened and not refrigerated)? I don't know how long oil lasts, maybe a year is pushing it.

The recipe doesn't say butter is ok but I guess I'll try it - how bad could it be?

Thanks all so much!

[AlCzervik]

11. if it smells bad or off throw it away. Oil doesn't last more then a few

months after the factory seal is broken.

[seaglass]

12. It just has a strong oil smell that I don't like but I think you're

right and I'm just going to toss it.

I probably bought it for a recipe that specified canola and since I don't know what a canola is I assumed that was the only thing I could use.

[hippiechick]

13. Stop at the store and buy them from the bakery.

Coming from a woman who can't cook to save her life.



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