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[[Image:Shortening.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A 1918 advertisement for shortening]]

'''Shortening''' is a semisolid fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods, and is so called because it promotes a "short" or crumbly texture (as in [[shortbread]]). The term "shortening" can be used more broadly to apply to any [[fat]] that is used for [[baking]] and which is solid at room temperature, such as [[butter]], [[lard]], or [[margarine]], but as used in recipes it refers to a hydrogenated vegetable oil that is solid at room temperature. Shortening has a higher smoke point than [[butter]] and [[margarine]], and it has 100% fat content, compared to about 80% for [[butter]] and [[margarine]].

Unlike [[butter]] or [[margarine]], shortening contains no salt.

'''Cookeen''', '''Crisco''' & '''Trex''' are current commercial brands of shortening.
== How much does one cup of butter / margarine / fat / lard / shortening weigh? ==
''Estimated [[Generic_conversion_table#Volume|US cup]] to weight equivalents:''
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
!style="min-width: 20%;"|'''Ingredient'''
!style="min-width: 40%;"|'''US Cups'''
!style="min-width: 40%;"|'''Grams'''
!style="min-width: 40%;"|'''Ounces'''
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #f8f2d7;"
|Butter / Margarine / Fat / Lard / Shortening||1 Cup||225 g||8 oz
|}
</div>

'''Conversion notes:'''<br />
Every [[ingredient]] has a cups to ounces or grams conversion table. Search for the ingredient, cup to weight conversions are at the end of each ingredient page.

We also have a [[generic conversion table]] and a [[portions per person lookup]].

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[[Category:Store cupboard items]]

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Chef at 14:15, 7 October 2024