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> 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.
>

My experience is the opposite. I make soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies
with butter.

Kathy