Brand name for solid vegetable shortening.
Crisco was initially, and still is, used as an alternative to regular shortenings such as butter and lard. A recipe calling for Crisco in baking should respond perfectly well to the use of identical quantities of butter, which will also give an excellent flavour.
A baking pan that has been greased. Crisco shortening and a tin is I believe an English term for a baking pan.
In the baking goods section of any decent grocery store.
yes. for that matter you can get sick using fresh shortening. use butter.
You can use butter instead, although you really won't get the same texture as you'd get using Crisco. Oil does not work in Irish Soda Bread. You could try searching for an Irish Soda Bread recipe that doesn't include Crisco.
Yes, solid Crisco can be used. Not Crisco oil.
Butter or margarine can be used instead, adding a couple of extra tablespoons per cup of shortening called for in a recipe.
You can safely substitute liquid oil for solid shortening in baking ONLY if the recipe calls for the shortening to be melted first. You can substitute butter or margarine for shortening ( 1 cup + 2 Tbsp for each cup of shortening). You can also substitute 1/2 cup applesauce or prune puree for each cup of shortening.
A specially modified diesel can run on Crisco.
Butter is more natural than Crisco is.
Crisco lists it's ingredients as hydrogenated cottonseed and soybean oils, mono- and diglycerides.Check out the wiki site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco for the whole story on how it was first invented by proctor and gamble as a cheaper substitute to animal fats for making candles. It was the first all vegetable oil shortening but it was intended for making candles. When electricity became widely available the demand for candles was reduced and that's when they decided to sell it as shortening... to eat.
No, Crisco is made with vegitable fat but you can buy butter flavored Crisco.