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If you don't have any shortening but the recipe calls for both butter and shortening can you just use butter for both?
It depends on the recipe. Butter has a lower melting point than shortening. In frosting, this means would cause the frosting to loose body and become soft. Cookies would tend to spread a little further when baked. The is usually a reason for the shortening. Sometimes it doesn't matter, some times it does.
How much butter is needed to substitute for shortening in bread recipe?
Use the same amount of butter as you would shortening. In bread, a tablespoon of butter can be used instead of a tablespoon of shortening. The same amount of canola oil is even healthier.
Can you use three-fourths cup of shortening instead of butter when baking cookies?
Substitutes for shortening are butter and margarine in sticks. Use the same amount as called for in your recipe. Keep in mind, plain shortening will NOT be as flavorful as butter or margarine. Do not use soft margarine in a tub as it contains too much water.
How much butter should be used as a substitute for vegetable oil in a recipe?
When substituting butter for vegetable oil in a recipe, use a 1:1 ratio. This means you can use the same amount of butter as the recipe calls for vegetable oil.
Is there a limit to how much cannabis butter you can add to brownies?
I'll show my ignorance or my age. Never heard of cannabis butter. If this is actual butter with cannabis in it, you could use the amount of shortening the recipe calls for. For any recipe, there is a ratio of shortening to flour and other ingredients that should be followed fairly closely to get the finished product. Too much shortening and you will end up with something like runny fudge instead of a brownie. If what you are talking about is what used to be referred to as Honey Oil, just the good stuff in an oil or paste, then you could add quite a lot and get away with it. Flavor would be the issue at some point.
How much butter would Angie need to borrow from a neighbor if a recipe calls for one cup of butter and Angie wants to triple the recipe but she has only one and five eighths cups of butter?
If the recipe calls for 1 cup of butter and Angie wants to triple the recipe, she will need three times the amount of butter. So, she will need 3 cups. To find out how much butter she will need to borrow, subtract 1 5/8 from 3. She needs to borrow 1 3/8 cups of butter.
Does butter work the same as shortening?
Because both butter and shortening are fats that are solid at room temperature, they work much the same in baked products. Advertisers promoting vegetable shortening do claim that products baked with shortening rise more or will have better appearance and texture. These claims may or may not be true. It is certain that butter produces a taste that most people prefer to the taste of shortening.
If a recipe on a Polish website calls for 1 kostka of butter how much butter is that in US terms?
A kostka of butter is approx. 250 grams by weight/ 8 ounces/ or 1 cup.
If a recipe calls for 2 sticks of butter how much is this in cups?
The typical stick of butter is about a 1/2 C., so I would guess 2 sticks is 1 C. of butter
How much butter should you use instead of butter extract?
Butter is not a substitute for butter extract. Butter extract is a fat-free flavoring used when for some reason butter cannot be used. When butter is used, it should replace the fat in the recipe - shortening, oil or lard - and the butter extract will not be needed.
Can shortening be used instead of butter?
Yes, and it is probably better for you. Shortening is made with hydrogenated fat, which we probably all should try to reduce in our diets. The results will be a bit different. Butter will add a bit more moisture to your recipe. If you are baking your recipe, such as cookies, you might want to add an egg. The egg will prevent the cookies from spreading too much and add a cake like texture to them, similar to the "crisp outside, chewy inside" results from shortening.
Buttercream frosting asks for butter and shortening have no shortening just use a lot of butter?
You can substitute an equal amount of butter for the shortening; just keep in mind that the frosting will be much less resistant to heat, so if your cake will be in a warm environment, you may end up with puddles of buttercream on the table! If your recipe doesn't already call for egg whites, I would add a tbsp of meringue powder (or one egg white) to the recipe, to help the buttercream crust a bit; this may help with the stability of the frosting.
