Recipes with vegetable shortening
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Classic Pan-Fried Chicken with Homemade Cream Gravy
Golden-crusted chicken pieces sizzle in hot oil until the skin crackles and the meat stays juicy inside. The real magic happens when you turn those savory pan drippings into velvety cream gravy, rich with browned bits and seasoned to perfection.
Oreo Cookie Tube Cake
Oreo cookie tube cake bakes 25 quartered Oreos right into a vanilla bundt batter, then gets drenched in glossy chocolate glaze. A nostalgic crowd-pleaser for birthdays and bake sales.
Oreo Cookie Tube Cake
Oreo cookie tube cake bakes 25 quartered Oreos right into a vanilla bundt batter, then gets drenched in glossy chocolate glaze. A nostalgic crowd-pleaser for birthdays and bake sales.
Coconut Drops
Coconut drop cookies with rolled oats and dried coconut for chewy centers and golden, toasty edges. A pantry-staple drop cookie with double-sugar richness and warm vanilla in every bite.
Delicious Beef Empanadas
Add some Spanish taste to your cooking with these scrumptious appetizers made with ground beef and hot chili peppers.
Bacon Rouladen
German bacon rouladen: paper-thin round steak smeared with Dijon, rolled around bacon and onion, browned in flour, then braised in its own pan gravy. A classic Bavarian comfort-food roll.
Butterhorns
Homemade butterhorn rolls shaped into buttery crescents from a soft yeasted dough with eggs, milk, and shortening. Light, flaky, and golden after a double rise.
Mexican Meat Mix
Mexican shredded beef mix slow-roasted for 12 hours, then simmered with green chilies, cumin, and salsa verde. A freezer-friendly base for tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and tamales.
Lavash
Homemade lavash crackers topped with sesame and poppy seeds, baked crisp and golden. A thin, crunchy flatbread that breaks into rustic shards for serving with butter, dips, or cheese.
Apple Crunch Muffins
Apple crunch muffins with shredded unpeeled tart apple baked in and a brown sugar pecan crunch topping. Best served hot from the oven with butter and jam.
Dutch Oven Pot Roast
Dutch oven pot roast braised in barbecue sauce and apple cider with carrots, potatoes, onions, and okra. Sweet, smoky, and tender enough to cut with a fork. Southern-style Sunday dinner.
Swedish Chocolate Cake
Swedish chocolate Bundt cake with melted unsweetened chocolate, heavy cream, and a breadcrumb-coated pan for a crisp crust. Dense, rich, and unfrosted.
Cocoa Chili
Cocoa chili is a slow-simmered [ground beef](/recipes/ground-beef) chili with unsweetened cocoa powder stirred into the spice base. The cocoa adds bittersweet depth without sweetness, amplifying chili powder, cumin, and tomato.
Pop Tarts
Homemade pop tarts with a tender egg pastry crimped around any fruit jam you like, then baked and finished with a sugar crust or icing. A from-scratch take on the toaster pastry, fully customizable.
Bruleed Maple Pumpkin Pie
A new twist on a Thanksgiving classic! This pumpkin pie has a rich maple flavor and a delicately crisp bruleed top.
Maple Syrup Spice Cake
Maple syrup spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves baked with buttermilk and plump raisins. A warmly spiced one-pan cake sweetened entirely with real maple syrup.
Golden-crusted chicken pieces sizzle in hot oil until the skin crackles and the meat stays juicy inside. The real magic happens when you turn those savory pan drippings into velvety cream gravy, rich with browned bits and seasoned to perfection.
Oreo cookie tube cake bakes 25 quartered Oreos right into a vanilla bundt batter, then gets drenched in glossy chocolate glaze. A nostalgic crowd-pleaser for birthdays and bake sales.
Oreo cookie tube cake bakes 25 quartered Oreos right into a vanilla bundt batter, then gets drenched in glossy chocolate glaze. A nostalgic crowd-pleaser for birthdays and bake sales.
Coconut drop cookies with rolled oats and dried coconut for chewy centers and golden, toasty edges. A pantry-staple drop cookie with double-sugar richness and warm vanilla in every bite.
Add some Spanish taste to your cooking with these scrumptious appetizers made with ground beef and hot chili peppers.
German bacon rouladen: paper-thin round steak smeared with Dijon, rolled around bacon and onion, browned in flour, then braised in its own pan gravy. A classic Bavarian comfort-food roll.
Homemade butterhorn rolls shaped into buttery crescents from a soft yeasted dough with eggs, milk, and shortening. Light, flaky, and golden after a double rise.
Mexican shredded beef mix slow-roasted for 12 hours, then simmered with green chilies, cumin, and salsa verde. A freezer-friendly base for tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and tamales.
Homemade lavash crackers topped with sesame and poppy seeds, baked crisp and golden. A thin, crunchy flatbread that breaks into rustic shards for serving with butter, dips, or cheese.
Apple crunch muffins with shredded unpeeled tart apple baked in and a brown sugar pecan crunch topping. Best served hot from the oven with butter and jam.
Dutch oven pot roast braised in barbecue sauce and apple cider with carrots, potatoes, onions, and okra. Sweet, smoky, and tender enough to cut with a fork. Southern-style Sunday dinner.
Swedish chocolate Bundt cake with melted unsweetened chocolate, heavy cream, and a breadcrumb-coated pan for a crisp crust. Dense, rich, and unfrosted.
Cocoa chili is a slow-simmered [ground beef](/recipes/ground-beef) chili with unsweetened cocoa powder stirred into the spice base. The cocoa adds bittersweet depth without sweetness, amplifying chili powder, cumin, and tomato.
Homemade pop tarts with a tender egg pastry crimped around any fruit jam you like, then baked and finished with a sugar crust or icing. A from-scratch take on the toaster pastry, fully customizable.
A new twist on a Thanksgiving classic! This pumpkin pie has a rich maple flavor and a delicately crisp bruleed top.
Maple syrup spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves baked with buttermilk and plump raisins. A warmly spiced one-pan cake sweetened entirely with real maple syrup.
