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Coconut Oil Frosting

Rated as 2.83 out of 5 Stars
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"A small recipe I improvised while for my lactose-intolerant friend."
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Ingredients

10 m servings 321 cals
Original recipe yields 6 servings

Directions

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  1. Microwave coconut oil until melted, 30 to 45 seconds.
  2. Beat coconut oil, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl with a hand mixer until desired consistency is reached.
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Footnotes

  • Cook's Note:
  • For a richer flavor but still coconuty taste, substitute 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup coconut oil for the coconut oil.
  • You can use either refined of unrefined coconut oil.

Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 321 calories; 18.2 g fat; 41.7 g carbohydrates; 0 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; < 1 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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Most helpful positive review

I made a version of this. I used half butter as well as the coconut oil. 1/2 C.sugar 1 1/2 TBS.flour 1/3 C.barely warm milk & 1 tsp vanilla. Turns out wonderful. Light and fluffy like whip cream!

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Definitely oily. I started with powdered sugar and vanilla and gradually added the coconut oil. The oil soaked into the powdered sugar very quickly and I only added a couple of tablespoons befor...

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I made a version of this. I used half butter as well as the coconut oil. 1/2 C.sugar 1 1/2 TBS.flour 1/3 C.barely warm milk & 1 tsp vanilla. Turns out wonderful. Light and fluffy like whip cream!

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Definitely oily. I started with powdered sugar and vanilla and gradually added the coconut oil. The oil soaked into the powdered sugar very quickly and I only added a couple of tablespoons befor...

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Did not like it. Too oily.

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I had high hopes for this, but it just didn't turn out. It was extremely thick and lumpy. I tried adding a tbsp of coconut milk, and just turned it into lumpy soup. I was only able to salvage it...

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I made it but I used equal parts of real room temperature butter to coconut oil paste and blended it well till light and fluffy and well mixed. Then I added vanilla and coconut extract blended m...

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I didn't try melting the coconut oil... mistake.. need to do that. to fix the really dry crumbly start I added equal part of veg. shortening and a few teaspoons of almond milk. I also added art...

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