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Default When the cookie recipe calls for "soft shortening"

John Kuthe wrote:
> On Dec 13, 8:24 pm, "Kent" > wrote:
>> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...> Do you reach for butter or something else? What determines your
>>> choice?
>>> I believe butter affords a crispier cookie - yes?

>> Crisco
>>
>> Kent

>
> I believe this is true. I've always used butter in my cookies, but I
> think Crisco makes a crisper cookie.
>
> Personally I prefer better tasting over crispier anyday!
>
> John Kuthe...


Some of the old cookie recipes call for lard. I'd have to think
about which cookies I might possibly want that slight flavor in.
(I do like it in Chinese egg tart crusts.) Otherwise, I use
butter. I confess that I used some shortening when I was a mere
child, but I haven't done so for decades.

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Jean B.