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Don’t use butter or margarine if the recipe says oil. They have water. Water ruins cakes. Shortening has zero water. It’s the perfect stand-in.

Also, don’t try to swap shortening for oil in a boxed cake mix. Unless you melt it first. I know someone who didn’t. She got lumps the size of golf balls.

Melt the shortening. I cannot say that enough. Melt it. Or you will have a sad, greasy mess.

Final Weird Pro-Tip

You can flavor shortening. Melt it, then steep a cinnamon stick or a vanilla bean in it for an hour. Then use it. Your cookies will taste like magic.

You can also use it for greasing pans. It’s better than oil. It clings to the pan corners. Nothing sticks. It’s like a superhero for your bakeware.

So next time you’re out of oil, look that block of shortening in the eye. Melt it. Use it. Your muffins will be fluffier. Your brownies will be fudgier. You’ll feel like a kitchen genius.

And honestly? You are. You just hacked the system with a solid block of fat. That’s not cooking; that’s alchemy.

Now go bake something ridiculous. Your pantry is waiting.