Can I substitute vegetable oil for canola oil?

Short answer is yes, you can almost always substitute vegetable oil and canola oil for each other. Vegetable oil is made predominantly from soybean oil but it usually is a blend of oils from vegetables such as corn, olive, pumpkin seed, grape seed or even canola oil itself. read more

When a cake recipe or box mix calls for vegetable oil but there's none in the pantry, canola oil seems like a handy substitute. Canola oil substitutes for vegetable oil in most recipes, including cakes, while keeping just a few principles in mind. read more

Substitute canola oil measure for measure for vegetable oil in a brownie mix or recipe. For example, a typical box mix making 20 brownies might call for 1/2 cup of vegetable -- or in your case, canola -- oil. Concerns with substituting oils in a recipe come down to smoke point, or the temperature at which an oil burns, and flavor. read more