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Fran Costigan - Grateful, Sweet, and Totally Vegan Holiday Desserts
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Tuesday, November 04, 2025 at 1:00 pm Pacific, 4:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Fran Costigan, Rouxbe Director of Vegan Pastry for a discussion of how to make holiday desserts delicious and easy. Fran will offer suggestions for Thanksgiving desserts th… Read More.
Question:
Which oils best replace butter in desserts?
— Leola Williams-Humphreys
Answer:
My two favorites are extra virgin olive oil. And for baking, most batter based desserts, I use one with a mild flavor unless I'm doing an olive oil, you know, an orange olive oil cake where I really want the cake to have that flavor. And also I like sunflower oil. Those are my two favorites. When you're using oil to replace butter, you use just three quarters of the amount of the butter.
