I am making brownies and banana bread for christmas give aways and my recipe requires shortening. I am unfortunately not living in the u.s and shortening is not readily available in the grocery. Is buttter or margarine ok to use ? Will this affect the taste?
2006-12-03 08:27:57 · 7 answers · asked by jk 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Rule of thumb I learned is that butter can be substituted for shortening as follows:
1 cup shortening = 1 1/8 c butter
Also, decrease salt called for in recipe by 1/2 tsp. You will also get a more buttery taste in the finished product than was intended.
2006-12-03 17:17:47 · answer #1 · answered by LMnandez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use butter or vegetible oil really what the recipe needs is a fat measure all out the same the texture may be a little differant but overall you wont be able to tell much of a differance.
2006-12-03 10:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go with butter. It tastes better and will work better in most cake or brownie recipes.
2006-12-03 09:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by scottr9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vegetable oil, crisco, butter, margarine
2006-12-05 14:18:20 · answer #4 · answered by Massiha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vegetable oil crisco butter
2006-12-03 08:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
use butter,margarine,or oil they will turn out fine
2006-12-03 08:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by MRS.K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apple sauce
2006-12-03 10:28:45 · answer #7 · answered by Angela G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋