459 vegetable shortening recipes

Intensely fudgy brownie cookies loaded with chocolate chips and cocoa. Brown sugar and a short bake time keep these thick, chewy, and soft in the center. The key: pull them before they look done.

Maple syrup oatmeal cookies use real maple syrup as the only sweetener (no white or brown sugar). Soft, chewy, and naturally sweetened with two dozen cookies in 35 minutes.

Herbed beer bread with Parmesan, Italian herbs, and a cornmeal-dusted crust. No yeast, no kneading, just self-rising flour and a bottle of beer for a crusty loaf.

Quick apple bread with chopped unpeeled apples, cinnamon, and a tender shortening-based crumb. A simple weekday loaf that bakes up moist with a hint of orchard sweetness.

One-skillet beef and potato dinner with floured round steak, onions, and cream of mushroom soup simmered until tender. A simple, hearty weeknight meal with just 7 ingredients.

Cinnamon sugar cookies with a tender shortening-based dough, brushed with egg white and topped with a cinnamon sugar sparkle. Crisp edges, soft centers.

Sweet noodle kugel with egg noodles, raisins, walnuts, and lemon juice baked until golden with a bread crumb topping. A classic Jewish comfort dish for holidays or any day.

Blueberry drop cookies fold fresh blueberries and bright lemon zest into a soft cake-style dough, then bake into pillowy, fruit-studded rounds. A summer cookie that's halfway to a muffin top.

Maine potato donuts use cold mashed potatoes for an extra-tender, never-greasy fried doughnut. Traditional New England recipe spiced with ginger and vanilla. Makes 2 dozen old-fashioned donuts.

Texan fried pies stuffed with spiced dried apricot filling in a flaky, vinegar-laced pastry. Hand-held, golden-fried, and dusted with sugar. A classic Southern dessert from scratch.

Mix-in-the-pan chocolate fudge cake with no eggs, no milk, no butter. Poke three holes, pour, stir, and bake. The original depression-era wacky cake that still delivers.

Raisin cookies use a boiled-water cooking method that plumps the raisins into the sweet brown sugar syrup before baking. No eggs, no butter required. Frugal Depression-era cookie that still satisfies.

Drop molasses cookies with buttermilk, brown sugar, ginger, and cinnamon rest overnight for deep flavor. Soft, cakey cookies with that old-fashioned dark molasses chew.

No eggs, no butter, no milk in this vegan cake that's free of all dairy and egg products.

Classic homemade peach pie with a flaky vinegar crust, warm cinnamon and nutmeg, and juicy sliced peaches. A from-scratch double-crust beauty ready in about an hour.

Lattice-top apple pie with Kahlua coffee liqueur, brown sugar, and a toasted pecan layer baked into the bottom crust. A grown-up twist on a Thanksgiving classic.