I am going to cook buiscuits?

Question

I need to know what I can substite the vegetable shortening for?
I dont have any

Answer 1

You can use butter, vegetable oil, or the shortening. I have used all three and they have turned out ok. Hope this helps!!!!

Answer 2

Butter, margarine, lard--any shortening that is solid at room temperature. Biscuits need to have the shortening cut into the flour, but not melted into it. A liquid shortening (oil) would soak into the flour and mess up the texture. The low-fat and soft margarines are too much like oil--they tend to melt if left out of the refrigerator, so they are really more like oil than solid shortening.
Happy cooking.

Answer 3

As long as you have a fat that's solid at room temperature, you can use it for biscuits (pastry crusts, too). So, you can use butter, margarine, or even lard.

Just make sure you mix the dough only until the fat is barely mixed in....the dough should have little "granules" of fat-covered flour. Also, before you roll out the dough to make the biscuits, put it in the fridge for a half hour. It'll be easier to handle, and you'll have more uniform biscuits.

Answer 4

You might try butter. It is richer than shortening so maybe put in a little less of it like maybe a tbsp.

Answer 5

If you have no butter (or margarine but I don't like that) on hand you should make something else!

Answer 6

butter would work I think

Answer 7

lard!