Can I use butter if a recipie calls for shortening?!


Question: I have a recipie for peanut butter banana bread that calls for 1/3 cup of shortening. Can I use butter instead?

Answers: I have a recipie for peanut butter banana bread that calls for 1/3 cup of shortening. Can I use butter instead?
Absolutely! I don't ever have shortening in the house and butter or margarine are my alternatives!!

Let me stress... I NEVER use shortening in a recipe that calls for it. I haven't bought a can of Crisco in ages!!

p.s. Would you mind sharing your recipe? I have never heard of peanut butter banana bread. It sounds heavenly!!
The use of natural fats will always be the best choice and not the ones that have been geneticly modified.These are the type that are causing all of the fat phobias(hydrogenated oils) Lard has been victimized unfairly by the makers of GMO oils.You will probably see eateries return to it very soon Report It

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    • I wouldn't. It calls for shortening for a reason. If all you have is butter make sure it is real butter and not margarine.
    I would not, especially with bread and baked goods. Any little change and it could be a disaster.
    Definitley! Shortening was put into use years and years ago because its cheaper, you might have to use a little more butter, just make sure its whole butter not margarine, which is 51% oil
    I THINK IT would be a good substitute.
    good luck and happy cooking.
    Here is the definition of shortening

    shortening
    A solid fat made from vegetable oils, such as soybean and cottonseed oil, which have been hydrogenated to create a solid. This process creates trans fatty acids which turns polyunsaturated fats into saturated fats. Vegetable shortening is virtually flavorless, and is used to make baked goods light and flaky. Crisco is a popular brand of vegetable shortening.

    You could use butter instead if that is all you have on hand, why it is ideal to use shortening your fine with butter. Shortening just makes cakes, sweets, etc more moist and has a different flavor than butter.
    why the top contributors are so negative..
    go back 500 years,, butter or lard,, there was no other real choice.. and Kira is not going to eat the whole thing.(?)
    Yes sub the butter.. Fear not the food devil will not bite you..
    It will work, but it will come out more runny than if you used shortening.
    I believe it will be fine and give a better taste.


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