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Does anyone know of a brand of Shortening that has no:
dairy, corn or vegi oil, or soy products???
My neice is allergic to all of that and more (seriously this child has the worst drs. IMHO they believe she is allergic to everything in some severity or another AND she either has a stomach or kidney problem, they don't know which, but they don't think it's something to be concerned about?????? blah!), and I'm trying to find a way to let this kid have a few Christmas cookies that are just her own so she doesn't feel left out.
Finding something that is both dairy & soy free shouldn't be a problem, but finding one without all of those things will be near impossible.
Lard (rendered pork fat) is used in things like pie crusts and biscuits. Perhaps you can try a sample batch of cookies using that.
I have a friend whose son is autistic and has many of the same allergies. She substitutes Whole Foods canola oil for shortening because it is processed in a plant that has no nut products, or gluten products. You may want to try it. It is made from rapeseed oil, and not from corn or soy. Does her Mom have any suggestions? Maybe there is a product that she would use.
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these are "new" allergies and we're all learning together as far as what she can and can't have...
she can't have pork, beef, or chicken either... garlic is another allergy... the list goes on and on and on... I swear the only thing she can have seems to be air and water lol
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Found this at Allrecipes.com (from a google search).
Someone mentioned using lecithin as a binder instead of eggs and oil (gooey stuff found in health food stores)
Sesame Raisin cookies
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1 cup brown rice flour
1 1/4 cups rolled oats
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/8 cups unsweetened apple juice
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bring 3/4 cup of water to boil and add the raisins. When the water returns to a boil turn off the heat. Let the raisins plump for at least 10 minutes. Drain the raisins well, then chop them coarsely.
Toast the sesame seeds by stirring them with a wooden spoon in a heavy saute pan over medium heat. Saute until the seeds begin to crackle, pop and smell toasted; about 10 minutes.
Combine rice flour, oats, salt and toasted sesame seeds. Stir apple juice, oil and vanilla into the flour mixture.
Form the dough into 8 large balls. Place each ball on greased cookie sheets or parchment paper. Moisten your fingers and flatten each ball until it is 1/2 inch thick.
Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool on pans before removing.
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Another recipe-
Carmel Chocolate Tortillas
6 (8 inch) flour tortillas
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
23 individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
2 tablespoons water
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly coat baking sheets with cooking spray.
Stack tortillas and cut into 8 wedges, to make 48 wedges total. Arrange wedges in a single layer on prepared sheets and lightly spray with cooking spray.
Bake in preheated oven until crisp and golden, about 10 minutes. Slide onto wire rack to cool.
In a small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate. In another small saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with water.
Place a sheet of waxed paper under rack with tortillas. Working with about 12 at a time, drizzle chocolate and caramel over tortillas using a fork. Let stand on waxed paper to set. You may need to remelt between batches. When set, store in an airtight container between layers of waxed paper.
I assume she's working with a nutritionist or dietitian. I'd call that person and talk to them. Good luck to your niece. It sounds like she has pretty severe food allergies.
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If she's not allergic to palm oil, I use Spectrum organic all vegetable shortening which is 100% pressed palm oil. It's non-hydrogenated, cholesterol free, gluten free, vegan, kosher, and has 0 grams of trans fat Most "vegetable oil/shortening" is (surprise) corn or soy.
Watch out for supermarket lard like armour. It's shelf stable and has all sorts of nasty preservatives in it. If you can get good flake lard....that's a whole other ball game
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Most "vegetable oil/shortening" is (surprise) corn or soy. 
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