On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:00:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 10:42:14 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:16:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <d>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 9:57:38 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Make your own:
>> >> ><http://www.inkatrinaskitchen.com/homemade-girl-scout-cookies-thin-mints/>
>> >> >
>> >> >For my money, though, nothing beats a homemade chocolate chip
>> >> >cookie (made with butter, not margarine or vegetable shortening).
>> >> >
>> >> >Cindy Hamilton
>> >>
>> >> Hear hear!! Vegetable shortening gives a little crispier CC cookie,
>> >> but at what flavoir sacrifice? Would you spread Crisco on a cracker or
>> >> bread and eat it? NO! Then why use it in cooking?
>> >>
>> >> John Kuthe...
>> >
>> >Shortening isn't used for flavor but for texture and stability. It keeps the dough from melting and spreading out in CCCs. I wouldn't want to spread coco butter on a cracker either but it's still important in making chocolate.
>>
>> If you are making home made Toll House cookies, what do you care more
>> about? Texture and stability or flavor?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>Butter isn't the main flavor in a Toll House cookie. I've made these cookies both ways. I don't like to see cookies getting all flat in the oven. That's just my awesome opinion. There are some cookies where a butter flavor is of primary importance. Those are tasty too.

It's all a matter of opinion. My "awesome opinion" is that butter is
yummy, and Crisco has no place in my kitchen.

John Kuthe...