Not all shortening is oil, but all oil (consumable oil, that is) is shortening. Shortening is another word for fat used in cooking, especially baking. The most common shortenings are butter and margarine and, to a lesser degree, Crisco. Other oils can be used, too. (And some low-fat recipes substitute apple sauce or prune butter for traditional fat-based shortenings.)
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No, country crock has water in it, when vegetable shortening doesn't contain water, and the flavor would not be the same either.
The same amount.
No
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.
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.
Yes, melted shortening can replace vegetable oil in zucchini bread, although shortening is not a healthy choice.
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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.
Shortening, such as Crisco, is made from vegetable oil.
Shortening is made from partially-hydrogenated or hydrogenated vegetable oils.
Vegetable oil is unsaturated. Butter is saturated. Im not sure about shortening.