Good news:
My oldest daughter figured out on her own how to get a chocolate chip cookie recipe online, and how to bake the cookies herself. They are simply fabulous, possibly the Best.Cookies.Ever. Baking them puts her in a great mood, and she was sweet enough to pack us each some cookies today with a little note from her. AWWWW!
Bad news:
The cookies, as I said, are yummy. So yummy that I just HAVE to eat them, esp. after they were so sweetly packed for me.
I could argue that she used pure coconut oil and whole wheat flour, but really....cookies sabotage diets. Especially if they are this yummy.
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Coconut oil should be avoided. Best to stick with sunflower, canola or corn oils.
ReplyDeleteThat's outdated advice, according to my nutritionist.
ReplyDeleteCorn oil has a omega-6 to omega-3 ratio of 49:1, which is associated with increased inflammation.
In the past, coconut oil received a bad rap because it contains largely saturated fats. More recent research, however, suggests that not all saturated fats are created equal, and that virgin coconut oil may actually be GOOD for heart health.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751499107000431
The other practical issue is that for cookies, you need an oil that can tolerate heat and that is solid at room temperature, because otherwise the texture is all wrong. Extra-virgin olive oi, for example, can't be heated, and canola oil is liquid at room temperature. Once you process canola oil to make it into margarine, you tend to lose the health benefits, esp. if dealing with PHOs.