I almost never bake with Crisco (aka shortening) and I really only bake with pure vanilla extract (homemade by my mom!), but ...

Pastry chef Paola Velez makes this simple, sweet, and buttery frosting by creaming vegetable shortening and butter before incorporating powdered sugar. You can add lemon zest or vanilla extract ...

Crisco wasn’t invented by or for the German Navy, or for the purpose of lubricating submarines. Hydrogenation, the process by which Crisco is made from vegetable oils, was invented by German ...

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine granulated sugar and lemon zest in a large bowl; rub with fingers to disperse lemon oil until sugar feels moist, about 1 minute. Whisk in olive oil. Add eggs; whisk ...

But a good whipped cream cheese frosting is hard to find. In 1964, a Maryland reader wrote in to The Washington Post to share her recipe (4 oz. cream cheese, ¼ stick margarine, 1 tsp.