"Teri" > wrote in message
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> for soft shortening. Recipe for cornbread calls for 1/2 cup of soft
> shortening. I have a crockpot full of chili which is begging for cornbread.
> What can I use in place of 'soft shortening'? Oil? Butter? A combination?
> thanks!
> Teri

Use room temperature butter - Oil will coat the corn meal and make the bread
greasy.

Dimitri