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If it is 1/4 cup or less, however, you can replace 1/2 the amount of shortening with a nut or seed butter. It will alter the taste & may have a strong tahini flavor. Almond butter or raw cashew butter may be more favorable. Some recipies do well with 1/4 cup tahini and no shortening, but replacing half the amount of remaining shortening with applesauce.
What else can I help you with?
What can I substitute shortening with in my recipe?
You can substitute shortening with butter, margarine, or vegetable oil in your recipe.
What alternatives can I use instead of shortening in my recipe?
Butter, margarine, or vegetable oil can be used as alternatives to shortening in your recipe.
If the recipe calls for vegetable oil can you use shortening?
No you cant
Can Crisco lard substitute for vegetable shortening?
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.
With a cookie recipe butter has replaced ghee butter and mix is too crumbly. How do you improve this?
Ghee butter is clarified so there is no dairy in it. You need something that is going to hold your cookies together. Instead of butter, you can use vegetable shortening, or if you want to cut down on fat content, you can use applesauce.
Can you replace shortening with vegetable oil in oatmeal cookie recipe?
Vegetable oil and butter are two types of shortening. All fats and oils are shortening, and can be substituted for each other, but this will affect the flavour and texture of the food, as some shortenings have stronger and different flavours, and also have different melting points.
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.
Can you mix crisco shortening with vegetable oil for peanut butter cookies?
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.
What can I substitute for shortening in my recipe?
You can substitute butter or margarine for shortening in your recipe.
Can you use shortening in place of lard?
No. Lard is animal fat and shortening is vegetable oil that has been hydrogenated.
What can you substitute for shortening in a recipe?
Butter or margarine can be used as a substitute for shortening in a recipe.
Can you substitute butter for shortening in this recipe?
Yes, you can substitute butter for shortening in this recipe.
