521 vegetable shortening recipes

French lace cookies bake corn syrup, shortening, brown sugar, flour, and pecans into thin, delicate, caramel-toffee disks. Optional chocolate drizzle. Five ingredients, holiday tray classic.

This flaky and buttery pie pastry is very versatile, it can be used in many pie recipes, and it adds the delicious flavor.

Besan burfi, a traditional Indian fudge of chickpea flour slow-toasted in ghee with cardamom and sugar. A four-ingredient festival sweet cut into diamond pieces.

Traditional Rhode Island johnnycakes from scratch: thin cornmeal griddle cakes scalded with boiling water, then slow-fried until lacy edges form a crackly golden crust.

Peanut butter cheesecake squares on a graham cracker crust with chopped peanuts and a chocolate drizzle. A baked bar-style cheesecake thats easy to slice and share.

Dietetic melt-away mints: sugar-free chocolate mint squares made from milkcote coating, shortening, and peppermint extract. Dipped in more chocolate for a crisp shell.

No-bake butterscotch haystacks coat corn flakes in melted butterscotch and peanut butter, then fold in mini chocolate chips. Crispy, sweet-salty, and freezer-stable. A 20-minute holiday cookie that needs no oven.

Strawberry oat crumble pie with fresh strawberries layered between a brown sugar oat crust and crumble topping. Serve warm or chilled for a syrupy filling.

Soft homemade dinner rolls: pillowy yeast rolls made the old-fashioned way with milk, water, and active dry yeast. Pull-apart soft, golden-topped, and worth every minute of the rise.

These easy to make and delicious cookies taste amazing with a cup of tea or milk.

My husband's baseball team prefers these cookies to chocolate chip..... if I make anything else, I have to have Alabama's too!

Egg-free and dairy-free corn muffins made with cornmeal, flour, shortening, and vinegar. A simple, old-fashioned recipe that bakes up golden in 20 minutes with pantry staples and water instead of milk.

White chocolate bark studded with toasted almonds and colorful apricot jelly beans for a quick, no-bake candy that's ready in 30 minutes.

Fluffy white buttercream icing made with shortening, powdered sugar, and a hint of almond extract. Stays bright white and pipes like a dream for decorated cakes.

Old-fashioned yeast ferment bread with a simple dough of flour, sugar, salt, and shortening. Double-risen and baked hot for a crisp crust and chewy crumb.

Big batch homemade hamburger buns: a soft yeasted dough made with scalded milk and shortening. Yields four dozen buns, perfect for a backyard cookout crowd.