in the ingredient list for making a cupcake 1/4 cup of shortening was given. what exactly is shortening?

Question

just want to know what shortening is

Answer 1

It's the solid form of animal fat...lard. You can find it in any grocery store on the cooking oil aisle. It's big namebrand is Crisco and comes in a blue tub. It's very good for frying too.

You can also get it in sticks which make it easier for measuring. The amounts are labeled on the side and you just cut however much you need.

The person below me suggested using oil instead...that doesn't work for all recipes (some, but not all). Something to do with consistancy. I also saw a suggestion for butter...butter burns faster and hotter and won't get the same results. I would use shortening if the recipe called for it.

Answer 2

Crisco shortening is sold at most grocery stores. They have a big size or a small size. If your recipe calls for shortening I would use that cause I substituted the oil once when making a carrot cake and the cake tasted oily.

Answer 3

Shortening, in its most generic meaning, is any fat or oil that is used to make a short crust or dough (one that has a high ratio of fat to flour, and turns out tender, crumbly, and rich).

In general usage, when you see the word shortening as an ingredient in a recipe, the author is referring to solid vegetable shortening, of which Crisco is the best-known brand

Answer 4

Shortening is a vegetable based fat in a solid form - you can use margarine or butter instead and get better and tastier results.

From Wikipedia: Shortening is a semisolid fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods, and is so called because it inhibits the formation of long gluten strands in wheat-based doughs, giving them a "short" texture (as in shortbread). The term "shortening" can be used more broadly to apply to any fat, such as butter, lard, or margarine, used in baking, but as used in recipes it refers to a hydrogenated vegetable oil that is solid at room temperature. Shortening has a higher smoke point than butter and margarine, and it has 100% fat content, compared to 80% for butter and margarine. Crisco, a popular brand, was first produced in 1911.

Answer 5

definite, yet you could boost the quantity of butter slightly and decrease the liquid by way of fact butter is 20% water while shortening is 0% water. Use one extra 2 tablespoons of butter (10 rather of 8) and subtract 2 table spoons of milk from the cup. make beneficial the climate are room temperature. Serve the cupcakes at room temperature or they are going to be complicated/dry by way of fact butter hardens while chilly, even after being integrated into the full cake.

Answer 6

Shortening as you are describing it here is Crisco. It can come in sticks or cans.

Answer 7

shortening is solid (at room temperature) vegetable fat, such as Crisco - a hydrogenated vegetable oil.

However, you can substitute regular vegetable oil if you like into the recipe or better yet, butter.

Answer 8

Crisco in the can - the white stuff - ok some of it is yellow and is supposed to taste like butter - but it doesn't

Answer 9

Vegetable shortening. You can find it at your grocery store

Answer 10

crisco