459 vegetable shortening recipes

Instead of making a scheduled stop at Tim Horton's, try this simple recipe that you and your family will love!

Classic four-ingredient flaky pie dough with shortening and ice water. Makes two 9-inch crusts for double-crust pies, lattice tops, or freezer-stash backup. The base every home baker needs.

Classic grated potato pancakes (latkes) fried golden and crisp on the outside, tender on the inside. Onion, egg, and flour bind freshly grated potato into the original comfort-food fritter.

Texas-style San Jacinto biscuits made with vegetable shortening for tender, flaky layers. Six pantry ingredients turn into 24 warm biscuits in 30 minutes.

Mom's favourite cornmeal biscuits, rolled and cut Southern-style biscuits with yellow cornmeal for nutty crunch. Tender flaky bites perfect with jam, butter, or clotted cream.

Hawaiian banana bread blended in a blender for an ultra-smooth tropical-style loaf. Just 7 ingredients, sweet and tender, makes muffins or a single loaf.

Light pancakes from scratch with a tall, fluffy crumb and tender bite. A fast pantry breakfast built on flour, milk, and a generous double-sift for height.

Masa biscuits blend masa harina with all-purpose flour and buttermilk for a Southwestern twist on the classic flaky biscuit. Crisp golden tops, tender corn-flavored crumb, ready in 15 minutes.

Buttermilk biscuits with shortening cut into sifted flour and a tangy buttermilk dough produce flaky, tender Southern biscuits in 15 minutes. Old-school Annie Mae Jones recipe.

Strawberry biscuits, drop biscuits studded with fresh chopped strawberries and optional pecans. Hot from the oven with butter and cold milk, the unofficial breakfast of June.

Change is good, and so are these scrumptious biscuits which can become a favorite at your next family gathering.

Cornmeal waffles combine yellow cornmeal with flour for crispy-edged, golden waffles with a hint of corn sweetness. Old-fashioned breakfast served with honey or maple syrup.

Better than sex brownies are dense fudgy squares built on melted unsweetened chocolate and shortening, topped with chopped nuts for crackling crunch against the gooey middle.

Gingerbread men cookies with deep molasses, warm ginger and cinnamon, and currant eyes. The classic Christmas cutout cookie with a soft chewy center perfect for kids' decorating projects.

Tender sandwich bread with a tight crumb, perfect for toast or sandwiches. Vital wheat gluten creates structure for sky-high rise and soft texture that rivals bakery loaves.

Cathy's whole wheat waffles bake up crisp on the outside and tender inside with a nutty wheat flavor and lift from beaten egg whites. A wholesome breakfast that holds up to maple syrup and fresh fruit.