Recipes with vegetable shortening

Thumbprint buttercream cookies made with brown sugar, egg yolks, and shortening, coated in stiff egg whites and nuts, then filled with buttercream icing after baking.

These individual danish pastries are filled with raisins and topped with a delicious graze.

Lemonade wafers: crisp, egg-free drop cookies bright with fresh lemon zest and juice, optional coconut topping. Light, sunny cookie that tastes like summer in a single bite.

Sugar crisps made with oats, almond extract, and a baking soda-vinegar reaction for extra lift. Rolled into balls and flattened with a sugar-dipped glass for a crackly, crisp cookie.

Spice muffins warmed up with cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a tender from-scratch crumb. A pantry-staple muffin you can pull together in one bowl for breakfast, snacks, or coffee time.

G.G. Kettler's pie crust uses the old-fashioned boiling water method: hot water beaten into shortening makes a tender, no-fail dough that rolls out easily and bakes up flaky. Makes enough for two double-crust pies.

Buttery homemade crust cradles juicy peaches under a crunchy almond streusel crown. Fresh lemon zest brightens the filling while nutmeg adds depth to this show-stopping summer dessert.

Chocolate-dipped pretzels with white chocolate drizzle. Four-ingredient Christmas treat that comes together in under an hour, no oven required. Salty-sweet, beginner-friendly, gift-tin ready.

Versatile yeast dough that makes both buttery crescent dinner rolls and glazed cinnamon raisin rolls. One big-batch recipe, two classic results, 48 rolls total.

Garlic-rubbed round steak seared and braised in chili sauce with strong black coffee, green pepper, and onions. A bold Tex-Mex braised steak that turns tough cuts fork-tender.

Browned pork ribs braised with tangy sauerkraut and caraway seeds, then crowned with fluffy potato dumplings cooked right on top. A German-American one-pot meal for 12.

Warm cinnamon-spiced muffins packed with shredded tart apples and crowned with a crunchy pecan-brown sugar topping that caramelizes as it bakes.

Flaky pastry squares layered with spiced apple filling and crumbly streusel topping, drizzled with vanilla glaze. These hand-held treats bake up golden and taste like portable apple pie.

Caribbean-inspired banana bread with grated coconut, ginger, and lime, finished with a warm rum-lime-brown sugar glaze poured over the top. Egg-free and packed with tropical flavor.

Chocolate cake mix cookies with crisp rice cereal folded inside and crushed on the outside for a double crunch. A 5-ingredient cookie that kids love to roll and bake.

This is a good cookie recipe to use up those over ripe bananas.