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- noun Plural form of
shortening .
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Examples
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It tastes exactly the same and functions the same way as the partially hydrogenated shortenings did.
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Among the numerous products that recently were or may still be made with trans fats are fried foods, baked goods, cookies, crackers, candies, snack foods, icings, and vegetable shortenings.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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I bought up samples, and began experimenting, trying different combinations and amounts of various shortenings and the custard cream.
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro 2010
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I set about investigating different shortenings I might be able to use, asking my suppliers for some candidates.
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro 2010
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Among the numerous products that recently were or may still be made with trans fats are fried foods, baked goods, cookies, crackers, candies, snack foods, icings, and vegetable shortenings.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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A wide range of oils, margarines and shortenings, and fruit purees can be used for butter, while soy and rice milks can replace cow's milk.
Archive 2007-10-01 Steve Carper 2007
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A wide range of oils, margarines and shortenings, and fruit purees can be used for butter, while soy and rice milks can replace cow's milk.
Vegan Tastes Good Steve Carper 2007
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A few reasons, among them: hydrogenated shortenings and other unnatural ingredients that dont require refrigeration; confectioners sugar, used in American buttercream, which forms a crust on the outside, making frosting less likely to melt and more likely to stick; and simple failure to follow health codes, which, for some sensitive stomachslike Brownscan result in gastrointestinal distress.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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But now, here we have Jap, Chi, and Tai, all used as normal shortenings.
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A few reasons, among them: hydrogenated shortenings and other unnatural ingredients that dont require refrigeration; confectioners sugar, used in American buttercream, which forms a crust on the outside, making frosting less likely to melt and more likely to stick; and simple failure to follow health codes, which, for some sensitive stomachslike Brownscan result in gastrointestinal distress.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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