How to Use shortening in a Sentence

shortening

noun
  • Make sure your shortening is cold.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The roti are made with wheat flour, sea salt, rice bran oil, and shortening.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Break up shortening in a few smaller pieces with a fork.
    — Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2025
  • But to love a movie and then demand its shortening is to miss the point.
    — Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The shortening creates a fluffy, moist roll that can be served with any dish.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Stir in milk, sugar, salt, egg, shortening and half of the flour.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 May 2022
  • Next out a shortening to five or six furlongs could be ideal.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2021
  • There is work to do on the slider and perhaps some shortening up of the arm stroke.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Form a well in the center of the flour; pour in the liquid with the shortening.
    — cleveland, 25 June 2020
  • Use your hands to knead the shortening into the flour mixture.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The shortening might not be able to stop the city’s most talented climbers.
    — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Next, cream the shortening and sugar, and add the flour mixture to this.
    — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2020
  • In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugar until fluffy.
    — Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Coat a 12-cup Bundt or tube pan with shortening; dust with flour.
    — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Use the exact type of fat (butter, oil, or shortening) called for in the recipe.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Grease and flour a 10-inch (16-cup) tube pan with shortening.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Add shortening and mix with a hand mixer until the mixture is fine and free of lumps.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 5 June 2023
  • Cook with healthy oils instead of butter or shortening.
    — Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In a large bowl beat butter and shortening with a mixer until creamy.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
  • This is an easy replacement—use an equal amount of butter for the shortening.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Solid vegetable shortening can be used in place of lard, but the texture is not quite the same.
    — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Pour boiling water and milk over the shortening.
    — Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Add to the shortening mixture and beat on low speed until combined.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
  • In a large bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening and butter until crumbly.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Cut the cold shortening into small bits; add to the food processor.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The next two would be Makima and Aki (with his life-shortening sword).
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In a separate bowl, dissolve the malt syrup in the water and add the shortening.
    — cleveland, 25 June 2020
  • Lard will give you a porky aroma and the shortening will be more neutral-tasting than butter.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Using your hand, break the shortening into the flour mixture.
    — Cooking With Caitlin, Cincinnati.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Gently shake, tap, and tilt the pan until all of the shortening is covered in a dusting of flour.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025

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