How much butter should be used to use as a substitute for 1/2 cup of shortening for a banana nut bread recipe? I don't have any shortening on hand.
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1/2 cup of shortening is 110 g, while 1/2 cup of butter is 114 g. Also, butter is only 82% fat. So if you want to be precise, use 134 g of butter: (100/82)*110 = 134. You may want to reduce the liquid by 24 g in this case.
If you don't care for precision, you can also substitute 1:1 and use 1/2 cup of butter. Most recipes for quickbreads are flexible enough for that, and you are changing the texture anyway by substituting a fat with a different melting profile.
answered Jun 8, 2015 at 19:45
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Isn't the rest of the butter solids, rather than liquids (the 24g you're talking about)?– dataCommented Jun 9, 2015 at 9:06
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@data no, it's water or whey. Butter is an emulsion. A very small part of it is milk protein.– rumtscho ♦Commented Jun 9, 2015 at 10:05
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Here's a link for people wondering about moisture/fat/milk solid contents of butter, like me: sfgate.com/recipes/article/… Thanks @rumtscho– dataCommented Jun 9, 2015 at 16:23
Ratio: 1 cup of crisco = 1/2 cup of butter or margarine
So, in your recipe is 1/4 of butter.
The link where I originally found the ratio is in the edit history (removed because the site is now redirecting to spam).
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Welcome to the site! Can you give sources for your claim? To me, this sounds way off, if deviating at all, I'd use more butter due to lesser fat content.– Stephie ♦Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 9:43
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Not only is the information given dubious, but the supposed link redirects me to a site selling gift cards. Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 20:21
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@Iain It's just that the blog's been hacked. If the owner is still active, it may get fixed. The author definitely didn't link to spam originally.– Cascabel ♦Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 21:22