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First, there is no reason to buy long term food you won't eat. No one is making you buy food you won't eat. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM, just buy long term food you eat. It's the same food you eat now, just prepared to last 20-25 years.

I'll go through her list and describe what I did:

Baking Items:

Baking soda
Baking powder
Both baking soda and powder have a short shelf life. I bought it professionally sealed without the presence of oxygen so it's good for many years. I bought it in small cans, meaning less than #10 cans.

Yeast
The only yeast I have is in boxes of Fleischmann’s “Simply Homemade No Knead Bread Mix”. They have several different kinds of bread to just add water and have bread in less than one hour. I don't have many of these - my bread will consist of several ways of making Indian flat or fry bread and tortillas and pioneer flat breads. Some of these also make dessert bread or breakfast bread with honey or syrup.

Cocoa - have can of cocoa and cocoa mixes to make hot and cold chocolate drink.

Nonfat dry milk
This is another important one. I have grocery store instant milk in quart packages. I do not have a big box of free flowing instant milk. If the packages absorb moisture, you have a brick.
Because it is so important, I have professionally packed milk powder which is different than instant milk. The powder will last for years. It takes less powder to make a quart of milk than it does instant milk.

Fats:
Olive oil
I have no olive oil for long term emergency as it will spoil in less time than other oils.

Coconut oil - don't have any.
Shortening - yes, this is my choice for lasting a long time - Crisco regular and butter flavor Crisco.
Butter - I don't store canned butter, too expensive. I use butter flavor Crisco for recipes and Molly McButter to put butter flavor on veggies or anything else.

I called the Crisco company and they told me use Crisco past the dated time - don't use it when it finally has an off odor. It won't kill you if it is off but will make whatever you are cooking taste “off”.

Sweeteners:
White sugar
I sealed bags of regular sugar in plastic bags so the original package is there with the addition of the plastic bag to keep out moisture. Sugar will last forever.

Turbinado sugar - I don't have any.

Muscavado sugar/brown sugar
I don't know what “Muscavado” is, I have plastic bags of brown sugar, it will last forever.

Honey
I have grocery store 100% honey and it will last forever. If it turns into crystals, place the bottle in lukewarm to warm water and it will go back to its original liquid state.

Molasses - don't have any.

Maple syrup - I have fake maple syrup - it will last a long time.

Other: I have a Stevia plant. The small leaves are many times sweeter than sugar. Diabetics can use these leaves instead of sugar to sweeten drinks. I still have to research how to turn the leaves into powder.

Salt
I have grocery salt sealed in plastic bags to keep out moisture.

White vinegar
Apple cider vinegar
Balsamic vinegar
I have to buy more of all three - the white and apple for canning.

Black pepper
I have Tones brand large plastic containers of black pepper.

Herbs and spices
I will be growing these next spring. Right now, I have them in bottles. I just bought a book written by a research doctor at MD Anderson in Houston. It's “Healing Spices”. The uses of spices for treating various health problems are there based on research instead of someone’s guessing. It is a thorough book including onions and other veggies he is calling “spices”. Basically, if you use a plant for changing/adding flavor, he is calling it a spice. I just got this book and it is very good to have. Just call me "medicine woman" with my elixirs as in the American settler time period when medicine men hawked their wares in a wagon.

Cornstarch
This is another one I bought in smaller size cans professionally packed without the presence of oxygen.