If you are baking and find that you don’t have any Crisco to add to the recipe, then don’t stress because there are lots of different things that you can substitute it with. Different people will recommend different alternatives, but we’d suggest using butter or margarine.
Both of these make an excellent substitute for Crisco, however you will need to alter the recipe slightly to fit to the new ingredients. If you are using butter or margarine instead of Crisco, then you will need to add slightly more to the recipe. So, for every cup of Crisco, you should add 1 cup of butter/margarine plus an extra 2 tablespoons.
So if you have no Crisco available, both butter and margarine are great substitutes. But you will need to use slightly more in the recipe.