No. The Crisco is made from plants. Butter is made from the cream in cow's milk.
Crisco brand is a shortening- or solidified hydrogen-added fat made from vegetable oils .It is flavored to give it he solid fat a buttery scent and impart some degree of butter flavour to your recipes. Butter is a natural product that adds to ones health in terms of calories and vitamin and enzymatic components that the body can use.Shortening has no health benefits whatsoever.It was developed as an alternative to Lard- which is clarified and solidified animal fat usually from rendered beef fat or pork fat. Duck fat is a current fad (2014) and is made from rendering the thick fatty skin on ducks.It is richer than other animal fats and has its own flavour components which are removed from other manufactured lard products .
No, use the same amount.
Yes shortening and butter are the same thing.
Yes. As per the Wikipedia article on Crisco: "As of 2012, Crisco consists of a blend of soybean oil, fully hydrogenated palm oil, and partially hydrogenated palm and soybean oils. According to the product information label, one 12 g serving of Crisco contains 3 g of saturated fat, 0 g of trans fat, 6 g of polyunsaturated fat, and 2.5 g of monounsaturated fat.[4] It is claimed that this reformulated Crisco has the same cooking properties and flavor as the original version of the product."
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Yes. The cookie texture will be the same, although the taste will not be as buttery. For a cookie with good flavor like oatmeal cinnamon raisin or chocolate chip, you won't notice the difference. You could also use unsalted butter instead of Crisco if you don't have any health concerns about butter. Butter flavoring works, but is a substitute flavoring, and real butter as an ingredient has better flavor than substitute flavorings.
You can use butter instead, although you really won't get the same texture as you'd get using Crisco. Oil does not work in Irish Soda Bread. You could try searching for an Irish Soda Bread recipe that doesn't include Crisco.
Half a cup of melted butter is the same as half a cup of crisco. -Except it will taste better.
Yes. Or you can use butter. If you are a margarine family, you can use that too.If you use butter or margarine, remember these already have salt so you can reduce the amount of salt if the recipe calls for it.
yes they have the same flavor. They are the same thing . You can call it what you want. Either jimmies or sprinkles.
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Often it can be, yes.Additional Information:Do not substitute "light," "lite" or "low fat" margarine for butter in any recipe, because these products contain a lot of water and will not bake in the same way as butter.
Slightly greasy, but not with a buttery taste - more of an oily taste. Since crisco has a higher melting point than butter, it does not have the same "melt-in-the mouth" quality - instead it can leave an oily film over your tongue (which is also why crisco or margarine shouldn't be used in butter cream frosting). However, if you want to experiment, it will probably make reasonable "frozen snickerdoodles" (freeze and eat from frozen). Since these will still be cold when you eat them, the oil will not have time to warm up and spread over your tongue.