Yes you can but you need to melt it first to have the correct measurement. You can also use corn oil some people say it tastes alittle wierd in a cake but it doesnt to me.
NO
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.
Yes
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yes
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.
Yes, melted and cooled Crisco can be used in place of vegetable oil.
Usually it can be, yes.
Yes, solid Crisco can be used. Not Crisco oil.
you can, but the results may not be exactly the same.
On their labels the original Wesson and Crisco oils are labeled as vegetable oil. If a recipe calls for a salad oil they were referring to any of the vegetable oils. corn, sunflower oil etc. Most of the oils labeled as vegetable oil including Wesson or Crisco oil are made from soybean oil. The original Wesson oil was made from cottonseed oil. All these oils can also be referred to as salad oil.
Shortening, such as Crisco, is made from vegetable oil.
vegetable oil corn oil olive oil Crisco oil wesson oil canola oil