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Shortening is the fat or oil used in cooking. It can range from lard to olive oil, depending on the recipe.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe term 'shortening' in baking recipes refers to the fat used, such as Crisco. One may consider cutting down on butter and using margarine instead, for example.
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How long until cooking shortening goes bad?
Cooking shortening is made to last a long time. It contains preservatives that allow this. Each container of shortening will have an expected life date on it. Look for the expiration date.
What are fats you use in cooking?
Cooking oils, shortening, lard, bacon grease, butter
How do you say shortening in cooking in Spanish?
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What does disty mean?
A shortening of distributor.Sometimes a shortening of distribution.
What is a method for measuring shortening?
When using shortening for cooking or when baking there are standard units of measurements. The units of measurements are cups, tablespoon and teaspoons.
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 can be used instead of oil?
butter or PAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is beef shortening?
Any shortening is fat which has been rendered to a state in which it solidifies when cool and remains in solid form. Beef shortening is beef fat which has been cooked down in this manner. It can be used in cooking and also for waterproofing leather.
What the difference between cooking margarine butter shortening?
Margarine is made with oils and artificial ingredients, butter is made from cream, shortening is made from oils and sometimes animal fats.
What does cervix shortening mean?
Engagement.
What are the three types of fat you can use for cooking?
Butter, lard, and shortening are the most commonly used ones.
What can you use when out of cooking oil?
This depends on what you are doing, frying,baking,this matters in what you use it in. Shortening if you are frying, or butter or margerine.butter
