1,863 vegetable shortening recipes

Grandma Thorpe's currant pancakes are griddled rolled biscuit-style pancakes studded with dried currants, buttered hot, and dusted with sugar. A British-Welsh heritage breakfast or tea-time treat.

Lunn Cake, a traditional English yeast cake baked in a ring mold with scalded milk, eggs, and a light crumb. Served warm with butter, this no-knead bread rises twice for a pillowy texture.

Homemade pancake batter from scratch with flour, egg, milk, and shortening. Double-sifted dry ingredients make thick, light pancakes every time.

Handy pastry dough: make-ahead pie crust with egg and vinegar that keeps two weeks in the fridge. Makes five balls ready to roll for pies, quiches, or turnovers on short notice.

Peek-A-Bows are lace cookies made with corn syrup, brown sugar, and finely chopped nuts, rolled into cylinders while warm and tied with ribbon for a festive gift cookie.

Old-world Czech kolachky yeast dough rolled in powdered sugar, filled with jam or cheese, and baked into delicate folded pastries. The classic Slavic holiday cookie.

Parslied buttermilk biscuits baked at 500F for a golden crust and fluffy, tender center. No rolling pin, no cutting, just hand-shaped drop biscuits with fresh parsley in under 30 minutes.

No-egg raisin cake with brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, and ginger baked low and slow. A Depression-era pantry cake that's moist, spiced, and surprisingly rich.

Chocolate cake mix cookies with crisp rice cereal folded inside and crushed on the outside for a double crunch. A 5-ingredient cookie that kids love to roll and bake.

Butterfinger cookies: an icebox slice-and-bake cookie loaded with chunks of chopped Butterfinger candy bars. Crispy, peanut-buttery edges with chewy candy pockets in every bite.

Pecan crispies made with brown sugar, butter, and shortening for thin, crunchy cookies with caramel-like flavor. A simple drop cookie recipe that bakes up crisp every batch.

Eggless cake made with brown sugar, raisins, and warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. No eggs, no butter, no dairy needed for this old-fashioned spice cake.

Pecan pie pastry with finely chopped pecans mixed right into the crust dough, blind-baked in the microwave with dried bean weights. A nutty, flaky shell for any pie filling.

Traditional Southern buttermilk biscuits rise tall and flaky thanks to chilled shortening and tangy buttermilk. The 30-minute classic that splits open to receive butter, jam, or sausage gravy.

Crustless cranberry pie with fresh cranberries and pecans under a golden, buttery batter that bakes into its own sweet crust. A simple holiday dessert with no pie dough needed.

Soft molasses drop cookies spiced with warming ginger and cloves that stay moist and chewy when you don't overbake them. Classic old-fashioned cookies made without eggs for a simple, reliable recipe.