I always hear people talking about cooking with crisco but never knew what it was. What is the difference between crisco and margarine or butter? How come it doesnt have to be refrigerated? Does it make baked goods taste better? I bought a pack of it but i dont know what to do with it
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I think its vegetable shorting. I never used it before but you can fry and bake things with it. It looks like butter in a tub
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It's a brand of shortening. I use it for "buttering" my pans instead of cooking spray when baking a cake, because it keeps the "crust" of the cake from getting too dark. I also have one cookie recipe I make often that requires it.
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@pui: For real? I have an amazing pound cake that I make but the outside always turns out really dark. If I use crisco, it will keep it lighter??? This is AMAZING.
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@.twist.: It should! Works really well for me!
ETA: I also think baking with lighter coloured pans helps that too? I think I heard that somewhere... don't quote me on that one!!
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@pui: Wow I did not know this!
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@pui: Oh, I believe that. The pan I use is really cheap because I didn't think I would be good at pound cakes, so I just got the cheapest one I could find and it's darkish. One day maybe I'll get a nice one.
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Shortening...it's great for pie crusts, too...makes it nice and flaky.
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Oh I see.. so how come it doesnt have to be kept in the fridge?
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@Mrsbells: Not sure! I guess it has different properties from butter/margarine.
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