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Can you use vegetale OIL instead of solid vegetable shortening?
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Can vegetable oil be substituted for melted shortening?
It depends on the recipe. Shortening becomes solid at room temperature while vegetable oil does not. So vegetable oil may be substituted for melted shortening only in recipes that do not depend on shortening becoming solid for texture when cooled.
What is hydrogenated vegetable shortening?
A solid fat made from vegetable oils, such as soybean and cottonseed oil. Although made from oil, shortening has been chemically transformed into a solid state through hydrogenation.
What is crisco in baking?
Brand name for solid vegetable shortening.
Which is healthier solid shortening or vegetable oil?
Coconut oil which is a solid at room temperature.
Can you buy vegetable fat?
Yes. Vegetable oils are vegetable fat. If you want it in a solid form, you can buy vegetable shortening.
Can you substitute oil for shortening on pie crust?
No, pie crust is one of the things that has to use a solid shortening.
Can canola oil be used as a substitute for solid vegetable shortening in a cake?
Yes, in some cake recipes, canola oil can be substituted for shortening.
What is a shortening?
A shortening is a cooking fat that is solid or semisolid at room temperature. These include butter, lard, hydrogenated margarines (transfats), and hydrogenated vegetable oils (transfats).
What basic ingredient performs shortens gluten strands?
Shortening is called so because it shortens the gluten strands in flour. Shortening is any kind of solid fat, i.e. vegetable shortening (like Crisco), lard, butter, or margarine.
Is vegetable shortening a dairy product?
No, vegetable shortening is made from hydrogenated oils that come from corn, rapeseed (canola oil), soybean, corn, sunflower, safflower, or peanuts. In the past, cooks used lard (animal) for the same purpose.
Can you use butter instead of lard for tortillas?
You could probably substitute a solid white shortening such as Crisco for lard, although I would be concerned about unhealthy aspects of partially hydrogenated oil.
Can you use crisco sticks as solid vegetable shortening as well as the butter?
Usually it doesn't really matter what type of solid shortening you use. Flavor may be a consideration, but it should perform alright. In some recipes it needs to be one or the other.
