What is shortening?!


Question: I was looking up recipes for cupcakes and one of their ingredients was shortening. I'd like to know where can i buy this ingredient and is there an alternative if it's not available?


Answers: I was looking up recipes for cupcakes and one of their ingredients was shortening. I'd like to know where can i buy this ingredient and is there an alternative if it's not available?

What is Shortening?

-Shortening is a semisolid fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods.
-The term "shortening" can be used more Fat that is used for baking and which is solid at room temperature, such as butter, lard, or margarine.
-Shortening made of, vegetable oil (Crisco very popular) or palm-oil (this less in fat content) .

Where can you buy it???
1. Any stores or grocery shop - baking stuff section
2. Baking stuff store.
***Ask for CRISCO or Vegetable Shortening. this will help.

Alternative (Substitute)

you can substitute the vegetable shortening in the baking with unsalted butter, margarine, or a combination of butter and lard, or even vegetable suet.

Shortening is a solid vegetable oil. Crisco is probably the most famous brand in the USA. An alternative would be to use butter.

Shortening is "lard"....that's all. Just ask a grocery clerk where you can find it and he (she) will show you!!
Alternative: Butter /Margarine

As far as I know it's vegetable cooking lard... similar to butter but not made from animal fat (in fact they have butter flavoured shortening). Here's the most popular example:

http://www.crisco.com/Products/Category....

Shortening is fat, in a semi-solid state. Hydrogenated would be the decisive word on the list of ingredients.

Shortening is basically margarine without any flavoring or added water. You can buy it in the baking section of the grocery store. It comes in blocks that are solid at room temperature. For cupcakes you can probably get away with using butter or margarine. But for pastries and pie crust you can only substitute lard.

by pauline

Shortening is a semisolid fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods, and is so called because it promotes a "short" or crumbly texture (as in shortbread). The term "shortening" can be used more broadly to apply to any fat that is used for baking and which is solid at room temperature, such as butter, lard, or margarine, but as used in recipes it refers to a hydrogenated vegetable oil that is solid at room temperature. Shortening has a higher smoke point than butter and margarine, and it has 100% fat content, compared to about 80% for butter and margarine.

Substitutions: copha, lard, butter, margarine

Shortening can be lard, margarine, Crisco....hope this helps you.

shortneing is lard it comes in a tin you get it where the oil is at you dont have to use it you can use oil





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