baking question

[phinnia]

I have a very good friend (hi arjache!!!) who is sensitive to dairy; so is Seaners. Is there any way to make baking with shortening any less ick-ifying? I can't stand the stuff, it's just weird. Is there a better dairyless butter substitute for baking, or a brand/way of using shortening to make it more palatable? I got some of this 'earth balance' but I'm not sure about it. (although I'm going to attempt a gluten and dairy free oatmeal raisin cookies soon. watch this space ... more like 'put a general weather eye on this space' I mean, I'm not running in there at this second or anything.

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[phinnia.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure they have that brand here - I'll keep looking - sometimes I find things in unexpected places. I haven't heard of vegan ghee but I do know an all-vegan grocery that I go to occasionally - I can ask there. <3 I think I'm initially going to try out the "breakfast cookies" in a gf/df fashion - they are one of Sean's favorites and I expect he misses them <3 - plus the recipe doesn't have a lot of flour to begin with, so it should be easy to substitute it out, and I'm using almond meal instead of the wheat germ. <3