1,863 vegetable shortening recipes

Flaky pastry tart crust made with grapefruit soda instead of water. A 4-ingredient shortening crust that blind bakes golden in 20 minutes. The carbonation keeps the dough light and tender.

Soft cream cheese cookies studded with pecans and swirled with apricot preserves, topped with matching apricot frosting and coconut for pillowy sweetness.

Basic tart pastry with butter and shortening for a flaky, tender crust. Rolls thin, fits one large or six small tart pans, and blind-bakes golden in 15 minutes.

Indian meal muffins, a Pennsylvania Dutch cornmeal muffin made with just 6 ingredients. Quick, tender, and lightly golden. Ready in 30 minutes, yields one dozen.

White Lily pound cake bakes a classic Southern butter-and-shortening pound cake with vanilla and almond extracts in soft White Lily flour. A Southern grandmother's pound cake recipe.

Soft drop cookies made with mincemeat stirred into a fluffy sugar cookie base. A nostalgic holiday cookie recipe that yields a big batch from simple pantry ingredients.

Cornmeal pie shell made with flour, cornmeal, and shortening. A sturdy, subtly sweet crust ideal for savory Southwest pies, quiches, or fruit tarts.

Oreo cookie tube cake bakes 25 quartered Oreos right into a vanilla bundt batter, then gets drenched in glossy chocolate glaze. A nostalgic crowd-pleaser for birthdays and bake sales.

Chocolate dipped macadamia nut shortbread cookies made with butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Slice-and-bake rounds dipped in melted chocolate for a Hawaiian-inspired treat.

Homemade chocolate peanut butter cups: milk chocolate shells filled with sweet peanut butter centers. Better than store-bought, made in candy cups in 30 minutes.

Homemade Mexican Spanish rice toasted golden in a skillet with tomatoes, garlic, onions, and bell pepper. This easy one-pot side dish simmers to fluffy, savory goodness in just 35 minutes.

Savory rice stuffed pork chops with bacon, mushrooms, and vegetables. Double-thick chops bake slowly, basted to juicy perfection with Burgundy sauce.

Hearty homemade German oatmeal bread with honey and whole wheat. Yields tender, chewy loaves with a golden crust that fill your kitchen with warm, yeasty aromas.

All-purpose pie pastry combining vegetable shortening and butter for the best of both fats: shortening for tenderness, butter for flavor. Makes enough for two double-crust pies.

Hot water pie pastry using the whipped shortening method. Boiling water and milk create a smooth, easy-to-handle dough for a flaky two-crust pie without the fuss of traditional cold methods.

For a 9 inch pie Make sure you have cold ingredients, don't overwork the dough-it will make it tough, add ice water GRADUALLY-too much makes the crust tough, not enough makes it crack. The dough should just form clumps.