459 vegetable shortening recipes

Four-ingredient peanut butter cookies using yellow cake mix as a shortcut. Just blend, roll, fork-press, and bake for golden cookies in 30 minutes flat.

Slow cooker apple cake layers a biscuit-style base under sliced tart apples, cinnamon-sugar dust, and apricot jam. A vented crockpot lid keeps the cake from steaming dense.

Chicken, okra and sausage gumbo: dark-roux Louisiana stew with smoked sausage, fresh okra and tomatoes, simmered low and slow for 2 hours. Authentic Creole one-pot done the old-school way.

Basic yeast dough is an enriched egg-and-shortening dough that's the foundation for cloverleaf rolls, cheese crescents, sesame buns, or cinnamon loaf. Make ahead and refrigerate up to 5 days.

Homemade English muffins cooked on a griddle, not baked. Yeast dough rolled, cut, dusted with cornmeal, and griddled into the classic nooks-and-crannies muffins. Freezer friendly.

Traditional oatmeal muffins start with overnight soaking in sour milk for extra tenderness. Add dates or raisins, bake 25 minutes for 14 rustic muffins.

Versatile yeasted bread dough that bakes into two loaves or shapes into Parkerhouse and cloverleaf rolls. Make-ahead friendly with overnight refrigeration option.

Apple cake in a jar baked right in pint canning jars and self-sealed for gifting. Spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, packed with grated [apples](/recipes/apples) and chopped nuts. A classic Christmas-gift cake.

Flaky pie pastry using both shortening and butter for the best of both worlds. Stand mixer method cuts fat into flour in 30 seconds. Makes two crusts.

Old-fashioned shortening pie crust with just four ingredients. This no-fuss pastry dough cuts together fast, rolls out easy, and bakes up tender and flaky every time.

Tortilla chip wreath: a salty-sweet holiday candy wreath of vanilla-coated tortilla chips arranged in a circle and decorated with gumdrops. A no-bake Christmas dessert kids can help with.

Peanut butter bon bons: soft, chewy peanut butter cookie balls coated in melted milk chocolate. A chocolate-peanut butter treat that looks fancy but uses simple pantry ingredients.

Cherry-stuffed cookies dipped in white and dark chocolate with chopped pecans. Each cookie hides a whole maraschino cherry inside a tender dough shell.

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.

Basic enriched bread dough with scalded milk, egg, and yeast, perfect for rolls, loaves, or sweet breads. Old-fashioned all-purpose dough that rises on the counter or rests overnight in the fridge.