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If you don't have any shortening but the recipe calls for both butter and shortening can you just use butter for both?
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∙ 16y ago
It depends on the recipe. Butter has a lower melting point than shortening. In frosting, this means would cause the frosting to loose body and become soft. Cookies would tend to spread a little further when baked. The is usually a reason for the shortening. Sometimes it doesn't matter, some times it does.
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∙ 14y agoIt would depend on what the butter is doing and how much of the flavor of the recipe it is. If it is a sauce or a large part of the recipe, I wouldn't. I wouldn't make sugar cookies with shortening instead of butter.
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∙ 16y agoThe closest thing is butter. shortening is not the right consistancy. The best thing to do is go buy some. If your grocery store does not carry it, use butter.
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∙ 15y agoThe short answer is yes but here can be big differences in flavor when your done.
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Can you use butter instead of shortening in a black forest cake when the recipe calls for both butter and shortening?
Yes, might taste a little different but still delicious!
Does butter work the same as shortening?
Because both butter and shortening are fats that are solid at room temperature, they work much the same in baked products. Advertisers promoting vegetable shortening do claim that products baked with shortening rise more or will have better appearance and texture. These claims may or may not be true. It is certain that butter produces a taste that most people prefer to the taste of shortening.
Can something else be substituted for shortening?
I'll assume you meant butter for one of your shortenings. In most recipes, any solid shortening can be substituted for any other solid. The end product will vary some and in some cases it has to be shortening or it has to be butter. You will just have to try it both ways and see how it turns out.
Is half a cup of shortening equal to half a cup butter?
In almost any recipe you can substitute one 'oil' or 'grease' for another. The result is sometimes a small flavor difference, but in the end product the result is usually not noticeable. Butter, Margarine, Lard, Shortening and Vegetable Oils are usually adequate substitutes for each other.
How much butter should i substitute for 1 and a half cup shortening?
Yeah you can. Because you can replace oils for oils and fats for fats, and shortening is both, you can use butter as it is a fat. But since butter has about 15% water, you would have to use a tiny bit less butter or a tiny bit more of dry ingredients. :)
Can you use shortening instead of butter for a cake?
Yes, for one cup of shortening use one cup of butter.
Recipe calls for cane sugar - what is it?
you can use regular sugar or you can use raw sugar depending on your recipe because both are cane sugar.
Where can you get solid shortening?
Probably at any supermarket - shortening is simply a food grade fat. Crisco is the most common brand - in some countries you may find Kremelta. It's called shortening because it is used to make 'short' pastry - that is, a pastry with a high proportion of fat and very little liquid. If a recipe calls for shortening you can substitute with the same weight of butter, margarine, lard or coconut fat. You can also substitute with the same weight of cooking oil but in that case you would need to reduce the volume of other liquid ingredients accordingly.
Can you use yogurt instead of butter or shortening in cookies?
I have tried this, and it worked fine for me. I have used both nonfat and lowfat plain yogurts in cookie and quick bread recipes. The yogurt seems to keep the baked goods moist, the same as using applesauce would. Sometimes I use both applesauce and yogurt to equal the amount of fat called for and it always comes out just fine.
Do you have to use shortening vegetables for apple pie?
Is the question about "vegetable shortening"? In apple pie filling, a small amount of butter (about 2 Tablespoons) NOT shortening, should be used to "dot" the top of the filling before the top crust is applied. For any pie crust, including crust for apple pie, butter or lard, or a combination of both, may be used instead of vegetable shortening. There are also recipes for crust made with vegetable oil, which produce a slightly different type of crust with a crumbly texture.
What is the secret recipe for Millies cookies?
Although the secret to the recipe for Milles Cookies is a company secret (the cookies are delivered in-store in frozen batches), it appears that the secret to a chewy-cookie is to use both brown and caster sugar in your recipe. A recipe using oil or melted butter will also make chewy cookies.
Can you substitute margarine with butter for scones?
Margarine can be substituted for butter in most cases. Sometimes a recipe states that no substitution is allowed. When the recipe calls for unsalted butter it will change the taste, and then you can use less salt in the recipe and equal out. Butter does have a distinct flavor that is best in cookies, but using margarine won't change the consistency.A bit more:Margarine has a higher water content, so it won't give the same results with many recipes as butter, and can affect both taste and texture. Pie crust and some cookies are good examples of this, also many cake recipes don't allow for substitution.
