Recipes with vegetable shortening

Homemade Twinkies made with pound cake mix baked in DIY foil molds and filled with a fluffy vanilla cream. A fun copycat recipe that tastes fresher and better than the store-bought original.

Crisp buttermilk waffles with golden shattering edges and a tender, tangy interior. Six ingredients, a hot waffle iron, and frothy whipped eggs deliver real waffle-house crunch at home.

Enjoy the Autumn season with these scrumptious muffins that don't take long to make!

Classic baking powder biscuits from scratch with just five pantry staples: flour, baking powder, salt, shortening and milk. Tender, flaky, and on the table in about 20 minutes. The plain, reliable biscuit recipe to memorize.

Houemort’i juustu küpsised - Baked bites of roquefort cheese in a puffy pastry style bite sized crisp.

Old-fashioned applesauce cake with cinnamon, cloves, and a hint of cocoa, studded with raisins and baked in a 9x13 pan. Tender, moist, and ready to slice in 50 minutes.

Oatmeal buttermilk pancakes with quick oats soaked in tangy buttermilk for a tender, fluffy stack with whole-grain bite. Higher in fiber than standard pancakes and ready in 30 minutes flat. Weekend breakfast that holds you until lunch.

Basic buttery biscuits with shortening cut through flour for tender layers, hand-formed and baked hot for golden tops and pillowy centers. The fastest way to fresh-baked biscuits on the table.

Melt-in-mouth biscuits use a wet dough scooped through flour for the most tender Southern-style buttermilk biscuits. The high-hydration trick that bakery secrets are made of.

Sourdough pancakes ferment overnight with starter, flour, and water for tangy depth, then get baking soda folded in (not stirred) for tall, fluffy stacks at breakfast.

Granny's Thumbprint Cookies are a classic, melt-in-your-mouth treat with a nutty coating and a vibrant jelly center. These cookies are simple to prepare, making them ideal for holiday baking, tea parties, or a cozy family dessert. The combination of tender cookie dough and sweet jelly creates a delightful balance of textures and flavors.

Better than sex brownies are dense fudgy squares built on melted unsweetened chocolate and shortening, topped with chopped nuts for crackling crunch against the gooey middle.

Alice's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, oats, chocolate chips, and chopped pecans. Soft, spice-warmed cookies with crisp edges and chewy centers.

Chocolate chip cookies upgraded with wheat germ, walnuts, coconut, and a butter-shortening combo for the chewiest centers and crispiest edges. A loaded everything-cookie that hides nutrition behind chocolate.

Pancake batter that turns out tender, fluffy stacks every time, with melted shortening for diner-style softness and a quick stovetop cook.

Classic peanut butter cookies with crackly criss-cross tops, crisp edges and a soft chewy middle. A chilled dough builds deeper flavor and prevents spread.