Baking with shortening

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For years, bakers have turned up their noses at Crisco as a cheap imitation of butter. But because of its high melting point and high burning point, vegetable shortening can pull off some tricks that are hard to do with oil or butter.

Classic Old Fashioned Snickerdoodles need to be a part of everyone’s recipe box! Made with shortening and rolled in cinnamon sugar for a classic sweet bite!

Vegetable shortening can be a mysterious ingredient. I’d never plunged my spatula into the cloud-like stuff until a few months ago when I was baking in the test kitchen. Growing up, I always reached for a trusty kitchen staple instead: butter. But recently as I whipped up batches of cookies and a plethora of pies, I began to wonder about the difference between using shortening vs. butter in baking.

Soft & Chewy Oatmeal Cookies- these are the BEST oatmeal cookies!

Soft and buttery, these vanilla flavored sugar cookie squares are easy to make and perfect for any occasion. A sprinkle of sugar on top adds the perfect finishing touch.

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Crisco are an easy and addictive cookie recipe using Golden Crisco instead of butter. These chewy chocolate chip cookies are loaded with semi sweet chocolate chips.

These soft and chewy molasses cookies will disappear fast!

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