373 shortening recipes

Eggnog truffles piped into homemade semi-sweet chocolate cups. Milk chocolate and eggnog ganache in a crisp dark shell, perfect for holiday candy boxes and gifts.

Old-fashioned hickory nut drop cookies with sour milk, raisins, and chopped nuts in a soft, cakey dough. A heritage Midwest recipe with buttery, wild nut flavor.

Fudgy chocolate brownie cookies topped with pastel-colored frosting and sugar crystals. Loaded with semisweet chocolate chips and finished with rainbow icing for a festive, party-ready treat.

Paris Puffins are nutmeg-spiced muffins rolled in melted butter and cinnamon sugar straight from the oven. They taste like fresh doughnuts without the frying.

Gloreos, a homemade copycat Oreo: deep-chocolate cake-mix cookies sandwiched with a fluffy vanilla cream filling. The gelatin-set filling stays firm, just like the real thing. A fun batch-bake for cookie lovers.

Aunt Catherine's Italian Cookies: a heirloom cookie with almond extract, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, finished in pastel-colored powdered sugar icing. Stores for months in tins.

Fluffy white buttercream icing made with shortening, powdered sugar, and a hint of almond extract. Stays bright white and pipes like a dream for decorated cakes.

Old-fashioned buttermilk rolls topped with poppy seeds and brushed with melted butter. Soft, tangy, and ready in about an hour. Makes 2 dozen dinner rolls.

Simple walnut raisin cake with brown sugar and warm spices, simmered then baked low and slow for moist tender squares ready in an hour.

Yeast dough pinwheels filled with fruit preserves, shaped into a windmill pattern, and baked until golden. A European-style pastry with a soft, brioche-like dough and a jewel of jam in the center.

My grandmother used to make these brownies for us when we were kids, they are so good i thought i would share them!

Well-drained maraschino cherries may be substituted for candied cherries.

Thin, crispy slice-and-bake cookies with shredded coconut and walnuts. A refrigerator cookie dough you roll, chill, and slice into wafer-thin rounds that bake up snappy in 10 minutes. Makes 48.

Roll-and-cut sugar cookies painted with egg yolk food coloring before baking. A fun decorating activity for kids with a crisp, golden result every time.

Lemon Jello cake made with lemon cake mix and lemon gelatin, topped with a fresh lemon juice and powdered sugar glaze poked right into the warm cake.

Strawberry pizza layers a buttery sugar cookie crust with sweetened cream cheese and glossy fresh strawberries. A Southern summer dessert that slices like pizza but eats like a fruit tart.