I'm Doing Some Baking - Culinary Advice Needed

8/06/08

[MplsSteve]

I apologize for posting this question in News/Activism - but this is the most widely read category in Free Republic and I want some opinions.

I have a recipe for oatmeal brown bread. It's really good. It's a very hearty tasting wheat bread that uses oatmeal as well.

In the recipe, it calls for using lard.

Is it possible for me to use Crisco as a substitute - or might that affect the taste of the bread?

Thanks for your advice!

[Poser]

Crisco will work fine and won’t affect the taste. Use the lard for frying french fries and making gumbo.

[null and void]

Mo is our resident expert...

[martin_fierro]

I like Cheese.

Do you like Cheese?

[Izzy Dunne]

Did you read the story about the guy who called 911 because the sandwich shop forgot to put sauce on his sandwich?

[null and void]

Me? I’d use lard, and feed it to muslims.

But that’s just me...

[Don W]

Crisco should be just fine. Just DON’T use canola oil. I tried that ONCE...

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Using my 'momskillz,' Crisco is better for baking than lard. And if you have butter flavored Crisco you will be delighted by your final product.

[LongElegantLegs]

I apologize for posting this question in News/Activism - but this is the most widely read category in Free Republic and I want some opinions.

1. We all want things. Respect the posting rules.

2. Yes, Crisco should be fine.

[Mr. K]

mmmmmMMMmmmmmmmmm.... lard

[martin_fierro]

Ping

[thefactor]

i have zero experience. but i will say this:

this is going to be a fun thread. or it could suck. i don't know.

[Artemis Webb]

Crisco should be fine. My guess is it's an old recipe at a time when lard was more readily available. My guess is you would probably enjoy the taste more with Crisco also.

Save the lard for homemade refried beans.

[martin_fierro]

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[vetvetdoug]

Crisco will do fine. Vegetable oil and olive oil just doesn't work like Crisco and Lard. I grew up on lard and Crisco and is why my blood when spun looks like Crisco on top of RBC’s.

[girlangler]

Pinging an expert on baking.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

The dad is leaning to the side, whilst carrying the child, due to the crushing chest pains he is suffering.

[tumblindice]

Crisco’s just fat in a can. You can’t go wrong with lard.
lard noun 1. the rendered fat of hogs, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Sage advice.

[ari-freedom]