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Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products. The idea of shortening dates back to at least the 18th century, well before the invention of modern, shelf-stable vegetable shortening. [1] In the earlier centuries, lard was the primary ingredient used to shorten dough. [2]
Cottolene ad, 1915. Cottolene was a brand of shortening made of beef suet and cottonseed oil produced in the United States from the late 1880s until the mid-20th century. It was the first mass-produced and mass-marketed alternative to cooking with lard, and is remembered today for its iconic national ad campaign and the cookbooks that were written to promote its use.
Baking Powder. For one 1 teaspoon of baking powder, use 1/4 tsp. baking soda and 1/2 tsp. vinegar or lemon juice and milk to total half a cup. Make sure to decrease the liquid in your recipe by ...
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Shortcrust pastry recipes usually call for twice as much flour as fat by weight. Fat (as lard , shortening , butter or traditional margarine ) is rubbed into plain flour to create a loose mixture that is then bound using a small amount of ice water, rolled out, then shaped and placed to create the top or bottom of a pie.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8–10 minutes. Aunt Mary's Peanut Butter Cookies. 1 cup shortening. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup brown sugar. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 1 ...
In baking there are many types of crusts and doughs for these crusts depending on what you are trying to achieve. In pastries there are five different types of dough you can use as the crust; flaky, shortcrust, puff, choux and filo. Flaky Flaky crust is a delicate crust but very easy to make. Flaky crust can be used for sweet and savory treats.
Behold, these peanut butter cookies—courtesy of Feel Good Foodie blogger Yumna Jawad—require a mere three (3!) ingredients and take 20 minutes total to make.