What is golden shortening?

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asked Jun 26, 2022 in Other-Food Drink by atnight (4,540 points)
What is golden shortening?

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answered Jul 3, 2022 by Capobianco (12,490 points)
Golden Shortening is a type of shortening that is used for baked goods that adds a buttery flavor to the baked goods.

The golden shortening is perfect for pies and pastries and can be used instead of butter for baking.

It contains artificial flavor and color.

If you are using butter or margarine instead of Crisco, then you will need to add slightly more to the recipe.

So, for every cup of Crisco, you should add 1 cup of butter/margarine plus an extra 2 tablespoons.

So if you have no Crisco available, both butter and margarine are great substitutes.

The general difference that affects baking, is that shortening is 100 percent fat, whereas butter is only 80 percent.

This is because butter contains up to 16% moisture and around 2% milk solids.

Vegetable oil, cocount oil, peanut oil, avocado oil and grapeseed oil all have high smoke points and can be used for frying - although vegetable oil will truly be your best bet because it's inexpensive and flavorless.

Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and used to make crumbly pastry and other food products.

Although butter is solid at room temperature and is frequently used in making pastry, the term shortening seldom refers to butter.

A shortening is defined as a fat, solid at room temperature, which can be used to give foods a crumbly and crisp texture such as pastry.

Examples of fat used as “shorteners” include butter, margarine, vegetable oils and lard.

Shortening is 100% vegetable oil, which allows for a higher melting point than butter, so it stays solid within the pie crust dough in your oven longer.

When the shortening finally melts, steam forms in pockets and it puffs the layers of dough apart, making a flaky, but not as flavorful as butter, crust.
In general, you can use a 1:1 ratio when substituting butter in place of shortening.

Making this substitution may slightly alter the texture of your baked goods.

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