George wrote:
> Lewis Dodd wrote:
> > What ingredient makes cookies soft and chewy, like the special
chocolate
> > chip cookies?
> >
> > --
> > Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but
how well
> > you bounce.
> >
> >
> The higher the fat content the softer and longer lasting they become.

Well, maybe, but not in my experience. My cookies made with butter as
the shortening are always crispier and harder than my cookies made with
oleo. Vegetable shortening would probably work the same as oleo, but I
never use it.

I prefer the butter ones myself, but my family likes them softer.

N.