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Yes, you can melt shortening and use in a cake recipe. It will change the texture and possibly add heaviness to the cake, but it will still be good.
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What is similar to lard and is healthier?
vegetable shortening (CRISCO)
Can you use butter instead of lard for tortillas?
You could probably substitute a solid white shortening such as Crisco for lard, although I would be concerned about unhealthy aspects of partially hydrogenated oil.
What can you substitute with butter in cheesecake?
Margarine, Crisco, lard, or solidified olive oil butter.
How does shortening help bread rise?
shortening adds lipids or fats to tenderize the flour.
Is there any substitiution for butter or vegetable oil in cookies?
Yes, you can substitute lard or shortening for butter or vegetable oil in cookies, as long as you realize the resulting cookies will not have a buttery taste. Crisco has a butter flavored shortening that works and tastes quite well, although you might consider the health risks of the partially hydrogenated oils in any shortening. Lard is a fine substitute, with good flavor results. You can also replace the butter flavor with additional vanilla or other flavor extracts.
What basic ingredient performs shortens gluten strands?
Shortening is called so because it shortens the gluten strands in flour. Shortening is any kind of solid fat, i.e. vegetable shortening (like Crisco), lard, butter, or margarine.
Do you like lard?
Several groups of people don't eat lard. Lard is made from pig fat. This prevents vegetarians, vegans, Muslims, and Jews from eating products made with lard. A good substitute is vegetable oil shortening.
What is a vegetable shortening substitute?
It depends on what you are baking or cooking. Vegetable oil can substitute in some cases. Although it will change the characteristic of your end product because vegetable oil has less "shortening power" than vegetable shortening. Butter can substitute too but you would have to increase the volume and there is the risk of burning depending on what you are making. Lard can substitute too. Its really hard to give an answer that is good, safe without knowing what you are using the shortening for. If you are frying something it is another different matter too.
Can you substitute oil for shortening on pie crust?
No, pie crust is one of the things that has to use a solid shortening.
Can you use shortening in place of lard?
No. Lard is animal fat and shortening is vegetable oil that has been hydrogenated.
Can you use Crisco instead of lard?
Unfortunately, Crisco is a terrible lard substitute. It doesn't taste as good; it doesn't perform as well in pastry-making; and it turns out to be less healthy than lard because of its trans fat content. (Crisco did introduce trans-fat-free shortening in 2004.)
I don't have Crisco to use for making fontant but i really want to make it How do i make fondant without using crisco?
The brand doesn't matter but it has to be lard or shortening....
