
Baking with Olive Oil: Your Essential Guide
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Baking with olive oil can be tricky. Let’s go over the ground rules.
Baking is temperamental and precise. I don’t enjoy the process; I find it tedious and restrictive. So many rules, less opportunity for customization. I know there are a lot of chefs/home cooks that would agree with me on that one! Customizing baking recipes is always a gamble– one small adjustment and the entire recipe is thrown off. It’s food science; One must understand the ingredients, their properties, and the role they play in the recipe before swapping out this for that. Let’s talk baking with olive oil!Here are the fundamentals:
You can almost always swap oil for oil.

Consider the flavor profile.

Buttery and mild is often best.

The limitations of swapping oil for butter:
Softened Butter vs. Olive Oil

Swapping Melted Butter for EVOO

Celebrate the Olive

Here are some delicious baking recipes to inspire your next olive oil baking project:



Let Dessert Be Dessert
