What is Crisco?

by Patricia Muhlethaler
(Switzerland)

I am unfamiliar with Crisco in icing recipes. What is Crisco?

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Feb 20, 2014

confused :(
by: karen

everyone seems to be saying Crisco is butter but the usa recipe I have for caramel frosting says half cup of butter half cup of Crisco so I don't see how it can be ,can anyone help me plz

Apr 08, 2012

bUTTER
by: Anonymous

it is butter people!

Mar 27, 2012

crisco
by: noor

is it butter

Oct 06, 2011

crisco
by: Anonymous

i'm really confused i need to make fondant but crisco is required and live in india and in my locality i don't think so that crisco is available
so can i use butter?
and yes then which one salted or unsalted?

Mar 11, 2011

crisco
by: Anonymous

if u dont want to add crisco when making fondant what is an altenative

Feb 22, 2011

crisco
by: kiss

crisco is the same as butter..i didnt find it in the store

Jan 12, 2011

Crisco
by: Anonymous

To my understanding, it is a brand of shortening found in America. Coming from Australia I think its a bit like Copha which is usually found very high in the butter section of our local supermarket.

Nov 10, 2010

use desi butter(makhhan)..
by: Anonymous

me dear Indians, if you know how to whip milk cream in a food processor to make butter, u can use the same in cake and cake icing in place of shortning. it works great

Jul 17, 2010

dalda
by: Anonymous

it's basically what we call dalda in India...bt dalda in cake...yakk..i thing butter will do..the unsalted one..

Dec 08, 2009

margarine?
by: Anonymous

margarine t i the. didnt understand that shortening. it is butter ffrom vegetable oil. therefore margarine.

Sep 01, 2009

crisco
by: Anonymous

I live in the uk and i think crisco is very similar to our white trex or white flora which are both vegetable shortenings.

Aug 22, 2009

Crisco
by: Marilyn

Please could you tell me what is crisco, I am from India and here we get margarine, Butter or Ghee. Is Margarine - Crisco

Jun 06, 2009

Australian CRISCO
by: Anonymous

in australia we call it copha, we use it mainly to make chocolate crackels

Feb 13, 2009

crisco
by: vyash

is crisco and butter is same

Jan 28, 2009

crisco
by: Anonymous

so can lard be used instead of crisco ?

Oct 13, 2008

Crisco
by: bamagrama

Crisco is a pure white vegetable shortning. It is used in buttercream recipes. You can use part shortning and part butter, or if you want pure white icing, use just the shortning. The website wilton.com has both of these recipes. Hope this helps!

Oct 13, 2008

CRISCO
by: NANCY

CRISCO COMES IN A CAN AND YOU MAY BE FAMILAR TO LARD OR FAT...IT IS A VEGETABLE OIL BUT IN SOLID FORM. COMES IN THE STORE WHERE THE COOKING OIL DEPARTMENT IS. YOURS MAY BE CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT WILL SAY VEGETABLE SHORTENING..JUST LOOK FOR THAT OR ASK FOR THAT...GOOD LUCK NANCY OF CA USA HOPE THAT HELPS YOU...

Oct 13, 2008

Crisco
by: Anonymous

A vegetable shortening

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