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    4. In baking, what exactly is shortening?
    In baking, what exactly is shortening?

    Is butter considered shortening, or is it a Crisco type product?

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    0  Views: 271 Answers: 3 Posted: 14 years ago
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      Crisco shortening...butter will not usually work if the recipe calls for shortening.

      14 years ago. Rating: 1
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        It's also known as LARD.  NOT good for heart health, is fat from animals.

        14 years ago. Rating: 1
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          as far as I know, butter, but my nan used to make steak and kidney pie pastry with suet, so it may well be a term used for the binding agent

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