125 shortening recipes

Cold lunch biscuits are sturdy, lightly sweetened lunchbox biscuits made with milk, shortening, and a stiff flour dough. Bake them once and they keep for weeks in a tin.

Soft gumdrop cookies made with buttermilk and brown sugar. The gumdrops stay chewy while the cookies bake up tender with slightly crisp edges.

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.

While growing up, my Polish-Russian grandmother, who lived with our family, made these little meat patties quite often and they were a family favorite. Here is my rendition, from what I remember when cooking with Grandma, as she never wrote the recipe down. The patties were always served with mashed potatoes, green beans, applesauce, and, of course, plenty of ketchup for the patties.

Become a champion with these soft, delicious cookies that will keep people reaching for the cookie jar.

If you like sweet and buttery, you'll love these little gems. Quick and easy if you use store-bought mini tart shells. Or your could make your own shells out of pastry dough and bake them in a mini muffin pan.

A pair of the cutest flip flop cakes you've ever seen. Great for a picnic, cook out or birthday party. Kids love them.

Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies loaded with chopped pecans and semisweet chocolate. Butter and shortening create a crisp edge with a soft, nutty center.

I use a bit more flour, let the dough rest in the fridge for 1 hr., and shape these into logs instead, brushing with egg wash and sprinkling with a little granulated sugar. I then bake them for 17 minutes. After cooling in the sheet pan for 5 min., I cut them into squares.

If you just want to make a basic cookie, try this delicious treat that goes well with a cup of tea for breakfast.

Instead of letting the Gingerbread Man run away, these scrumptious cookies will make your kids run to the kitchen!

Chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies with oatmeal, milk chocolate chips, and a splash of buttermilk for tenderness. Bakery-style cookies that stay soft for days.

Brown sugar chocolate chip cookies with extra brown sugar, a splash of corn syrup, and three full cups of semisweet chips. Soft, chewy centers, golden edges, and a deep butterscotch backbone.

Almost Whole Wheat Choco Banana Peanut Cookies recipe

Make oatmeal feel special and try this recipe that makes scrumptious cookies you won't want to put down.

Vegetarian mince pies with a suet-free, no-suet British mincemeat: dried fruits, ripe banana, almonds, brandy, and warm spice tucked inside flaky shortening pastry. The traditional Christmas pie, made meatless.