459 vegetable shortening recipes

Basic holiday butter cookies with a tender, melt-in-your-mouth crumb from cornstarch in the dough. This versatile base recipe can be rolled, cut, or shaped into any holiday cookie you want.

Chocolate zucchini tube cake using a cake mix hack with shredded zucchini folded in for extra moisture. Topped with cream cheese frosting and chopped nuts.

These banana fritters stay crispy thanks to a flour-dusted coating under a light egg-and-milk batter. Deep-fried golden in minutes and served hot for a crunchy, sweet snack or dessert.

Apple nut muffins made with unsweetened applesauce, chopped nuts, and just a quarter cup of sugar. Tender, lightly sweet breakfast muffins with a moist apple crumb.

Classic cake doughnuts spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, rolled, cut, and fried golden in hot oil. Old-fashioned cake donuts ready in 30 minutes, served plain, sugared, or frosted.

None Such mincemeat cookies: a vintage drop cookie made with crumbled prepared mincemeat folded into a simple shortening dough. Bakes 4 dozen in 12 minutes for the holiday cookie tin.

Honey cut-out cookies with lemon extract, rolled thin and baked until lightly golden. A sturdy dough that holds its shape for holiday decorating with powdered sugar glaze.

Old-fashioned Pennsylvania ginger cakes with molasses, brown sugar, and a butter-lard shortening blend baked in muffin pans. Dense, spicy, and rich with that deep molasses flavor.

Gingerbread dough made the old-fashioned way with boiled molasses, shortening, allspice, and cinnamon. Perfect for rolled cookies, houses, or cut-out shapes.

Maple apple pie with a buttered pecan layer between the filling and top crust. Real maple syrup replaces granulated sugar for a rich, caramelized New England-style pie.

Malted coconut marble cake baked in a tube pan with swirled vanilla and chocolate malt batters, topped with coconut frosting browned under the broiler. A retro bakery-style cake with a toasty malt flavor.

Coffee cake with a hidden filling of dried figs, walnuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon baked between layers of vanilla batter. A sweet surprise in every slice.

Rolled molasses cookies spiced with cinnamon and ginger, cut into shapes and baked until firm. A classic roll-and-cut cookie with deep, dark molasses flavor and a crisp edge.

Homemade banana layer cake with mashed ripe banana and buttermilk for a moist, tender crumb. A classic two-layer cake ready to frost with your favorite icing.

Quick apple scones with chopped apple, sweet raisins, and warm cinnamon. Built like a pie crust with vegetable shortening and apple juice, no dairy required, ready in 30 minutes.

Old-fashioned bran muffins made with all-bran cereal, molasses, and a simple shortening batter. Hearty, fiber-rich breakfast muffins with real home-baked flavor.