The layers come from large pieces of fat (here in the form of butter, but Spectrum nonhydrogenated
vegetable shortening works well, too) being surrounded by layers of flour.
Also, will
all vegetable shortening work?
Not exact matches
If your chocolate becomes too thick to
work with, gently stir in 1 tablespoon of
vegetable shortening at a time - it will thin it right out!
Love the recipes, but
vegetable shortening doesn't really
work for me or most paleo / primal dieters.
I've also used it, mixed with
vegetable shortening, for making chocolate frosting for a vegan chocolate cake and it
worked perfectly.
I don't think an oil that is liquid at room temperature would
work well... maybe use a
vegetable shortening (like crisco) instead?
Coconut oil is supposed to
work as a substitute for
vegetable shortening.