Shortening is most often considered as a replacement for butter, both for its properties when baking and to help make recipes vegan, but considering what shortening actually is it can also make an ...

So obviously it's good for some things. One clear reason for the existence of shortening these days is that it's vegan, ...

Made of hydrogenated vegetable oils, shortening is widely used across many bakery industries for the manufacture of many items including cookies, pastries, heavy filling creams and dry mix ...