Baking With Hi-Ratio Shortening?

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No-goodLazyBum Posted 22 Sep 2005 , 7:00pm
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Does anyone bake with Hi-ratio shortening? How about bakeries? If so does anyone have a recipe?

-- Lazy

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IHATEFONDANT Posted 22 Sep 2005 , 7:14pm
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I've never baked with it but have used it in buttercream instead of Crisco.

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itsacake Posted 22 Sep 2005 , 9:28pm
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I baked with Bakemark hi-ratio last week. It worked the same as it does when I use Crisco. For each 14 grams of butter, I use only 12 grams of Crisco or hi-ratio. When I used to measure by volume, I always substituted measure for measure. I dont' make any other adjustments.

That being said, and despite my success, I've heard that you can't use hi-ratio without special recipes. I'm glad I didn't know that, since it worked for me I'll continue to do it.

Also, note that the Crisco can actually says that for each 1 cup of butter you should use 1 cup of Crisco and 2 Tablespoons of water. Is anyone out there doing that?

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MrsMissey Posted 22 Sep 2005 , 11:08pm
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itsacake...yes, I bake with crisco in place of butter for my cookies and I always add the water. My cookies stay nice and soft!

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itsacake Posted 22 Sep 2005 , 11:39pm
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Well, Mrs. Missey. I'll have to try it then. I wonder if I should add the same amount of water for hi-ratio as I would for Crisco. I shall have to experiment.

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MrsMissey Posted 22 Sep 2005 , 11:49pm
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..hhmm,,good question! Me & hi-ratio don't get along too well! Keep us posted on your findings!!

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thecakemaker Posted 25 Sep 2005 , 6:49pm
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I use it in one of my buttercream recipes but i've never baked with it.

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