459 vegetable shortening recipes

Bavarian apple cheesecake with a buttery shortbread crust, creamy vanilla filling, warm cinnamon apple slices, and sliced almonds. A stunning fall dessert that combines two classics into one showstopping cake.

Soft golden potato rolls made with leftover mashed potatoes, shaped into crescent wedges and baked until puffy. A big-batch dinner roll recipe that yields 36 rolls.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts made from scratch with nutmeg and vanilla, deep-fried and dusted with sugar. No yeast, no rising time, no fuss.

Carrot pie with pureed carrots baked in a spiced custard filling with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Tastes like pumpkin pie's sweeter, brighter cousin.

Macadamia nut cookies with a whole nut wrapped in buttery shortbread dough and drizzled with melted chocolate. Bite-sized Hawaiian-inspired treats baked in 13 minutes.

Spiced applesauce cake baked right in mason jars, sealed while hot for shelf-stable storage. Loaded with raisins, pecans, cinnamon, and cloves. A brilliant homemade gift or emergency pantry treat.

South American empanadas with a lard pastry and two filling options: spiced fruit dessert or savory beef carne in tomato sauce. Bake, fry, or grill.

German apple pie with a single flaky crust, layered cinnamon-spiced apples, and heavy cream poured over the top that bakes into a soft custard around the fruit. No top crust, just creamy, spiced apples.

Pouding renversé des bluets is a Québécois upside-down blueberry cake: fresh blueberries and lemon zest under a tender vanilla sponge, inverted to serve.

Old-fashioned brown sugar roll-and-cut cookies with shortening, cream of tartar, and vanilla. A simple heritage recipe that makes four dozen crispy-edged cookies.

For those who love the donut, this decadent cake will have you hooked after every bite!

Chocolate chip pecan squares with a chewy brown sugar base, double layer of melted milk chocolate, and crunchy toasted pecans. Easy bar cookies baked in one pan.

Big-batch buttermilk bran muffins made with two kinds of bran cereal and boiling water for an incredibly moist crumb. Makes 24 hearty muffins with endless mix-in possibilities.

Pineapple muffin cookies: soft, cake-like drop cookies made with crushed pineapple and juice, warm nutmeg, and chopped walnuts. The tropical-twist church-supper cookie that's part muffin, part cookie.

Blackberry cream nut tart with a flaky shortening crust, white chocolate cream cheese filling, boysenberry-glazed blackberries, and a walnut lattice topping.

Basic berry dumpling wraps cinnamon-spiced blueberries in a tender shortening pastry, baked into a rustic single-pan dessert. A folded-corner cobbler-meets-pie that's ready in an hour.