Almost all pancake recipes use oil rather than butter In the batter. Margarines and butter-substitute spreads are mainly vegetable oil. However, most oils do not have the consistency or flavor to be acceptable toppings for pancakes, even though once a spread has melted, the appearance would be the same.
Probably.
No.
Yes, but be aware that olive oil has flavors that most vegetable oils don't have. You are likely to have a touch of olive flavor in your pancakes!
Some pancakes recipes call for butter. Other recipes use oil.
Yes you can, but remember butter will get hotter faster and burn easier than oil.
Not really. They have different properties and cook differently. You can sometimes use olive oil to saute something in place of butter, but if the recipe calls for butter, use butter. Sometimes you can substitute vegetable oil or canola oil, but not olive oil.
Vegetable oil is unsaturated. Butter is saturated. Im not sure about shortening.
In cooking butter can be used for vegetable oil, but it cannot be substituted in baking.
no
vegetable oil would be unsaturated and butter saturatedd, idk about shortening
All tender breads/muffins/pastries must have some form of fats to shorten the gluten in the flour so that it isn't tough. Vegetable oil is used for this purpose in pancakes, in addition it helps keep the batter from sticking to the griddle while cooking.
no
if a peanut butter recipe call for vegetable oil 1/3 cup and I only have 1/4 cup can I melt crisco shortening and add to the vegetable oil.