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Default Cornstarch in cookies?

On 10/12/2014 4:11 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> Have you ever run into a cookie recipe calling for cornstarch?
> Someone in another forum asked what she could substitute, as she had
> no cornstarch on hand. What would one substitute? What purpose
> would the cornstarch serve in a cookie dough?
>
> I can't imagine not having cornstarch on hand, but then again, I'm
> the only idiot here who stocks tomato paste.


You could substitute by using rice flour, tapioca starch, potato starch.

Becca