1,863 vegetable shortening recipes

Food processor pastry makes a flaky pie crust in minutes with just flour, salt, shortening, and cold water. Pulse to coarse meal, add water, chill, and roll. No hand-cutting butter required.

Old-fashioned breakfast cake with a cinnamon-sugar streusel topping. A simple, not-too-sweet coffee cake made from pantry staples in about 40 minutes.

Soft, spiced drop cookies loaded with fruity mincemeat filling. A holiday cookie jar staple that makes 3 dozen in 30 minutes. Old-fashioned flavor your grandmother would recognize.

Shortcut Italian sheet pan biscotti baked in a 9x13, sliced, and broiled golden. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, and you've got a tray of crispy-edged cookies with zero fuss.

No-bake peanut butter cracker sandwiches dipped in melted white chocolate. A four-ingredient sweet-and-salty treat that takes 20 minutes and tastes like a homemade candy bar.

Walnuts give the crust tangy and nutty flavor, this recipe is perfect for a pumpkin pie.

Fresh orange sections dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate and chilled until set. A 3-ingredient elegant treat that takes 15 minutes of hands-on work.

Thin-pounded venison or elk steaks spread with sausage, wrapped around carrot sticks, browned, and braised until fork-tender. Old-school rouladen-style roll-ups from the wild game playbook.

Homemade flour tortillas made with just flour, salt, lard, and water. Soft, blistered tortillas in three sizes from a 4-ingredient dough that beats anything store-bought.

Abadoo's Banana Bread: a simple, no-frills banana bread with three eggs for a tender, almost cake-like crumb. No nuts, no spices, just pure ripe banana flavor in every slice.

Old-fashioned Southern chicken and dumplings with rolled flat dumplings (not drop biscuits). Whole simmered chicken, onion broth, and a splash of milk for silky pot pie texture.

Easy Bake Oven chocolate cake made from scratch with just six pantry ingredients. A simple homemade mix replacement so kids can bake without the store-bought packets.

Light, citrusy orange muffins topped with mandarin segments shaped like little butterflies. A charming breakfast treat kids will love, ready in 40 minutes.

Old-fashioned soft molasses cookies spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg, topped with a shiny boiled gelatin frosting. Makes 4 dozen from an overnight chilled dough.

A succulent dish made with savory pork, chopped onions and juicy tomatoes.

Fried apple pies with a cheddar cheese pastry and a cinnamon-apple filling with grated cheese. A Southern hand pie fried golden in a skillet.