Tropical Traditions Coconut Oil

I don't know about you, but I hate using vegetable oil or butter knowing how bad they are for me. Especially if I'm baking a treat and my kids want some of it. Brownies make me sick knowing how much oil is in them, but they taste so good! So on my search for healthier alternatives to vegetable oil and butter I found coconut oil.

Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil. Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their website: What is Virgin Coconut Oil?

You can also watch the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:

Here's a recipe that you can use Coconut oil in:

 Oatmeal cookies!

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups coconut oil
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• 3 cups quick-cooking Irish oatmeal (such as McCann's®)
• 1 egg, beaten (optional)
• 1/2 cup golden raisins
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Grease 18 muffin cups with coconut oil.
3. Beat coconut oil, brown sugar, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
4. Beat 1 egg and vanilla extract into the coconut oil mixture.
5. Whisk flour, baking soda, and coarse salt together in a bowl; beat into the coconut oil mixture until a dough forms.
6. Fold oatmeal, raisins, and almonds into dough. Mix beaten egg into dough if needed for moisture.
7. Spoon dough into prepared muffin cups to about half full.
8. Bake in preheated oven until center is set and top is lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes.

Tropical Traditions also carries other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil. Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the advantages of buying coconut oil online. Since the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.

Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.