Help! Need a substitute

Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A combination?
thanks!
Teri

If you don't have 'soft shortening' or bacon grease, I'd go with oil.

Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A combination?
thanks!
Teri

Whaddayagot? Butter, margarine, lard, Crisco, bacon grease will all
work. If all you have is liquid oil you may have to lessen the
quantity to retain texture. And you wouldn't want to use olive oil,
I'd think, because of the taste.

Better yet, make the recipe I posted years ago for cornbread. It was
from Sunset magazine, included yogurt and egg but no shortening, was
baked in a cast iron skillet. Its real claim to fame is that produces
a firm kind of cornbread, not the cake type, so it holds together
nicely rather than crumbling -- perfect for chili. I suspect if you
Google for +cornbread+yogurt you'll find it. --aem

aem said:

Better yet, make the recipe I posted years ago for cornbread. [snip]

Here, I think this is it:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
2 large eggs

1. In a bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, soda, and salt. Add yogurt
and eggs and mix just until blended. [Better: beat eggs separately,
then stir them together with the yogurt well, and then add to the dry
ingredients.] Pour into a buttered 8- to 9-inch square or round pan.
[Absolutely not. Pour into a greased cast iron skillet.]

2. Bake in a 400° oven until bread springs back when gently pressed in
center, 20 to 25 minutes. Cut in squares or wedges. Serve warm.
-aem

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aem said:

Better yet, make the recipe I posted years ago for cornbread. [snip]

Here, I think this is it:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
2 large eggs

1. In a bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, soda, and salt. Add yogurt
and eggs and mix just until blended. [Better: beat eggs separately,
then stir them together with the yogurt well, and then add to the dry
ingredients.] Pour into a buttered 8- to 9-inch square or round pan.
[Absolutely not. Pour into a greased cast iron skillet.]

2. Bake in a 400° oven until bread springs back when gently pressed in
center, 20 to 25 minutes. Cut in squares or wedges. Serve warm.
-aem

Thanks I printed this recipe for the future. I ended up using butter - so
we'll see how that turns out :-)
teri

Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
cornbread. What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil?
Butter? A combination? thanks!
Teri

Butter. Absolutely.

Jill

Butter. Absolutely.

Jill
I can't think of much that butter doesn't make better in cooking.
Rosie

Butter. Absolutely.

Jill
I can't think of much that butter doesn't make better in cooking.
Rosie

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Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
cornbread. What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil?
Butter? A combination? thanks!
Teri

If you don't have 'soft shortening' or bacon grease, I'd go with oil.

It's for cornbread so I'd go with oil or butter. Since it's cornbread I'd
probably try butter but it would have to be real butter or a high grade
margarine.

Michael

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Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A combination?
thanks!
Teri

Butter.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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rosie said:

Butter. Absolutely.

Jill
I can't think of much that butter doesn't make better in cooking.
Rosie

True dat. ;-d
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A
combination?
thanks!
Teri

Butter or margarine.

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Peter Aitken
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for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A combination?
thanks!
Teri

Use room temperature butter - Oil will coat the corn meal and make the bread
greasy.

Dimitri

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for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A
combination?
thanks!
Teri

I substitute olive oil for shortening in a lot of my baking, but have
discovered that oil is denser. If you use oil, consider measuring half to
two-thirds the amount of the shortening. Butter can be substituted for
shortening one-for-one.

Kathy

Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A combination?
thanks!
Teri

Lard would be the best substitute.

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Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A
combination?
thanks!
Teri

Lard would be the best substitute.

Yes, I think lard would be a good substitute, too. But then, again, I
wonder how many people nowadays do keep lard in their larder -- er, I mean
refrig or pantry.
Dee Dee

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Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A
combination?
thanks!
Teri

Lard would be the best substitute.

Yes, I think lard would be a good substitute, too. But then, again, I
wonder how many people nowadays do keep lard in their larder -- er, I mean
refrig or pantry.

I do but it is rarely used🙂

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Teri wrote:
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> for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
> shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
> cornbread.
> What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A
> combination?
> thanks!
> Teri

Lard would be the best substitute.

Yes, I think lard would be a good substitute, too. But then, again, I
wonder how many people nowadays do keep lard in their larder -- er, I
mean refrig or pantry.

I do but it is rarely used🙂

Do you keep it in the freezer, as butter? Do you have any particular
requirements, or do you just pick up a lb. of lard as many would just pick
up a lb. of butter without noticing whether it is salted, organic, origin,
etc.? IOW, are you particular about your lard?
Dee Dee

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> Teri wrote:
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>> for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
>> shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
>> cornbread.
>> What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A
>> combination?
>> thanks!
>> Teri
>
> Lard would be the best substitute.

Yes, I think lard would be a good substitute, too. But then, again, I
wonder how many people nowadays do keep lard in their larder -- er, I
mean refrig or pantry.

I do but it is rarely used🙂

Do you keep it in the freezer, as butter? Do you have any particular
requirements, or do you just pick up a lb. of lard as many would just pick
up a lb. of butter without noticing whether it is salted, organic, origin,
etc.? IOW, are you particular about your lard?

I keep it in my fridge. It is pure lard so I don't know anything about any
other type. It just keeps fine and I use it as I want. At the moment I
have a 2LB block in there and it must be a couple of months old. I used a
bit the day before yesterday and it was fine

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Teri said:

for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for
cornbread.
What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A
combination?
thanks!
Teri

Lard would be the best substitute.

Yes, I think lard would be a good substitute, too. But then, again, I
wonder how many people nowadays do keep lard in their larder -- er, I mean
refrig or pantry.
Dee Dee

Ah well. We render our own. Much tastier than the nasty white
supermarket lard.