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Cooking & Baking

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. No substitute needed for the butter? Just use more butter...

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 12:01 PM

Nov 2013

I used butter alone for years since commercial lard is half hydrogenated vegetable oil anyway and leaf lard is impossible to find.

BTW, Crisco claims a new formulation and is trans-fat free and otherwise relatively healthy now, or at least healthier then butter or other brands of hydrogenated oils, so why not...

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Pie crust for vegetarians? [View all] hedgehog Nov 2013 OP

No substitute needed for the butter? Just use more butter... TreasonousBastard Nov 2013 #1

Use extra virgin coconut oil? rdharma Nov 2013 #2

An all butter crust pscot Nov 2013 #3

Are you looking to avoid all animal products? BainsBane Nov 2013 #4

looking around, I saw one recommendation to add the buuter in two portions - hedgehog Nov 2013 #5

Now butter - salted or unsalted? hedgehog Nov 2013 #6

Unsalted butter is usually recommended for baking. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2013 #7

Use olive oil. GoCubsGo Nov 2013 #8

the crisco formula was changed some years ago. grasswire Nov 2013 #9

There is a canola pie crust recipe locks Nov 2013 #10