What to make with eggs and shortening

This quick pastry is a no-fail recipe made easily with ingredients usually found in most kitchens. Be sure to use cold water and keep well-wrapped until ready to use.

Also needs: flour, vinegar

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Also needs: vital wheat gluten, five spice powder

Also needs: flour, vinegar

This recipe for sugar cookies has been running with the Gilbert women of Ontario, Canada for more than 100 years.

Also needs: vanilla, baking powder, flour

A bizcochito or biscochito is a crispy cookie flavored with anise and cinnamon.

Also needs: anise, flour, baking powder

Also needs: flour, yeast, yogurt

A vanilla crisp is a tasty cookie that is much like a sugar cookie, but takes less time to make.

Also needs: butter, vanilla, flour

Cornbread is a type of quick bread made of cornmeal and sometimes supplemented with wheat flour. Some variations may include whole corn kernels.

Also needs: cornmeal, flour, baking powder, milk

Also needs: cornmeal, flour, baking powder, milk

Also needs: raisins, flour, milk, baking powder

One recipe for the production of snickerdoodle cookies is as follows.

Also needs: flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, cinnamon

A tasty oatmeal cookie, just like those you remember.

Also needs: brown sugar, vanilla, oats, flour, baking soda

Also needs: cornmeal, flour, baking powder, milk, chile peppers

Lumberjacks are a cookie from the Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook, and they reflect baking from 1830s New England.

Also needs: molasses, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger

One recipe for the production of snickerdoodle cookies is as follows.

Also needs: flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, butter, cinnamon

Snickerdoodles are sugar cookies lightly dusted with cinnamon. They have a characteristically crackly surface, and can be crisp or soft, depending on preference.

Also needs: flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon

Also needs: flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, nutmeg, brown sugar, vanilla

Egg rolls are a savory Chinese-American fried pastry. They consist of a filling wrapped in a wheat flour skin and deep-fried.

Also needs: chicken, bean sprouts, ginger, soy sauce, bamboo shoots, sesame oil

Struffoli is a fried Neapolitan dessert.

Also needs: baking powder, cream of tartar, wine, flour, honey, orange

Also needs: flour, vinegar, peaches, lemon, almond extract, cinnamon, butter

This is a recipe for a traditional pecan pie, which is a popular dessert in many parts of the southern USA.

Also needs: flour, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, bourbon, pecans

Grotten hans is a recipe that has been called a big dumpling but is basically a steamed pudding. The recipe was traditional in the German areas of Russia.

Also needs: milk, baking powder, flour, raisins, lemon, cinnamon, cornstarch

This is a variation of Soft Sugar Cookies based on a spice cake recipe.

Also needs: vanilla, lemon, cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa powder, coffee, baking powder, flour

This recipe originates from Ida Geller Weiner (1912–2008), of New Haven CT, who made it Thanksgiving and other family gatherings.

Also needs: carrots, flour, baking powder, baking soda, butter, brown sugar, lemon, vanilla

Also needs: apples, apple juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, baking powder, milk, powdered sugar

Also needs: chocolate, flour, baking powder, baking soda, orange, milk, sour cream, corn syrup, cream

Zucchini pie is a savory Italian supper pie. Fresh zucchini squash, mozzarella cheese, and herbs give this pie its distinctive taste.

Also needs: flour, zucchini, onion, parsley, basil, garlic, oregano, mozzarella, butter

The oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe here, unlike many other cookie recipes which are manipulations of straight flour-based cookies, was made specifically for use with oats.

Also needs: brown sugar, milk, vanilla, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, oats, chocolate, walnuts